It shows pretty clearly how pathetic this idea of discriminating files by their extension is. Because the OS happens to be configured to execute files with this or that extension, the cure is to prevent the mail client from transferring files with this extension. This is so clearly a fix for the wrong problem. The right solution would be to alter both the OS and the mail client so it doesn't automatically execute anything that just comes off of the wire. But preventing the client from transmitting files with certain extensions is so obviously a flawed design decision. But then again, what can you expect from MS.
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It shows pretty clearly how pathetic this idea of discriminating files by their extension is. Because the OS happens to be configured to execute files with this or that extension, the cure is to prevent the mail client from transferring files with this extension. This is so clearly a fix for the wrong problem. The right solution would be to alter both the OS and the mail client so it doesn't automatically execute anything that just comes off of the wire. But preventing the client from transmitting files with certain extensions is so obviously a flawed design decision. But then again, what can you expect from MS.