[Mimedefang] Re: Unsafe file types

[WBrown at e1b.org]

mimedefang-bounces at lists.roaringpenguin.com wrote on 12/01/2003 02:54:04 
PM:

> On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 WBrown at e1b.org wrote:
> 
> > RTF(rich text files) can be opened with Micro$oft Turd, but they do 
not
> > have the ability to carry embedded macros the way a .DOC file can. 
They
> > are far less dangerous.
> 
> I believe that the original poster meant you coulde rename a .DOC file 
to
> .RTF, and it would be opened by Word, macro-viruses and all.

ACK!!! You are more right than you know.  I renamed a DOC file on my 
windoze box to RTF and it opened right up in Word.  Then i noticed my fat 
fingers entered the extension as .rth, and it still opened in Word.  How 
F***'ED UP is that??