On Jul 18, 4:24 pm, "xpyttl" <xpyttl_NOS...@earthling.net> wrote:
> <josh.dylew...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1184775159.122826.281560@j4g2000prf.googlegro ups.com...
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> > The file that I am sending through email is .doc. I was think of
> > sending PDF's though.
>
> I'm not a Linux bigot or something like that, but I consider it pretty rude
> to send a .doc file via email. MS Office files support VBA which allow a
> file to do all sorts of nasty things, and email addresses are trivially
> spoofed, so you are asking the recipient to take a big risk opening that
> file.
>
> If, as Todd suggests, you use PGP or something similar, you could at least
> sign the file so he could be confident it came from you, but that would
> require action and considerable learning on his part. The fact that you
> want him to do nothing suggests that he might not be all that computer
> literate, in which case it is even more inconsiderate to send him a .doc
> since he doesn't even know what the risk is.
>
> ..

I know the customer and if they cant trust me then they would not make
it that far down the line of my process. I fully understand VBA and
although it warns you if a .doc has and script/macro many users shut
that off. Your point is taken, I have been leaning toward buying
acrobat and make them in there.