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Re: [h-e-w] mailcap file and filename/type associations for Windows 95
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Michael R. Wolf |
Subject: |
Re: [h-e-w] mailcap file and filename/type associations for Windows 95 |
Date: |
04 Jan 2002 23:36:50 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 |
Stephen Leake <address@hidden> writes:
> Should dired refuse to launch Word on a .doc file, because
> it might contain a virus?
How do you get dired to launch Word?
I tried "! ms-word". It didn't work.
I tried "! start". It *did* work, but since it was an
inferior (pun intended) process, it didn't release emacs
until I exited the child(ish) process.
[...]
> Better would be a "virus filter" that Gnus can run before
> opening attachments. Or can I do that from the Windows
> side? I used to have McAffee set up to scan any executable
> before it ran; I don't know if that works now for Word
> files.
You don't need to attach it to emacs, it should already be
attached to the underlying file system. It's not like Word
is reading STDIN or anything so Unix-ish. It saved a file
for me in:
c:/window/temp/emm.-4051883a8d/resume.doc
[how generated? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ different each time!!!]
before opening it in Word. Writing that temporary file
should trigger your sane virus scanner.
~/.mailcap contained only 2 non-comment lines:
image/*; start %s
application/*; start %s
[Disclaimer & OTS - I'm not sure I have a sane one virus
scanner. Ever since McAfee went *online*, and became more
interested in disguising it's sales stuff under buttons that
look like control buttons, I'm never sure. Sleazy
(non?-)service providers.]
--
Michael R. Wolf
All mammals learn by playing!
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