Category: the Rant Board
Ok, yahoo needs to stop being paranoid about viruses. They have stopped all attachments that have a .exe extention. Ok, yes, I understand that's an extention to a lot of infected files, but the problem is if someone is sending you a setup file to a program and you have a yahoo account, you won't be able to get it cause it will bounce saying yahoo does not allow this type of attachment or something. Ok, I understand where they're coming from, but it's really use of common sence that will tell you or not if an attachments a virus. If you open an infected file, that in my oppinion is your problem, not yahoo's. I never open any attachments unless I've requested one or I know one is coming. I think yahoo is taking away the responsibility and common sence of the computer user. Are their any other email providers that are going to this policy as well?
Troy
People also should know, viruses could come in other formats as well. I've gotten some weird extentions in .com formats through my hotmail acount (which I no longer use for that reason.)