Re: Sending email with attachments

Date	2012-10-08 18:34 +0100
From	Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.javascript
Subject	Re: Sending email with attachments
References	(6 earlier) <WMmdnXmiOKk-tuzNnZ2dnUVZ_qidnZ2d@earthlink.com> <6035717.rH6HMBR8Db@PointedEars.de> <McudnUcZceMaju_NnZ2dnUVZ_vWdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <Gf-dnRvkc6BxD-_NnZ2dnUVZ_tCdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <giv578lj6utpua86torfgljbunot9q7dnb@4ax.com>
Message-ID	<JaqdnTQJ7r4fk-7NnZ2dnUVZ_qSdnZ2d@earthlink.com> (permalink)

Show all headers | View raw

Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> On Mon, 08 Oct 2012 09:46:40 +0100, Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org>
> wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
>> I've used this to move data from the clipboard on an iPhone to a Windows
>> laptop. When the Firefox download manager reported completion, I just
>> clicked the file name in its window, and Excel came up with the correct
>> data.
> 
>      Excel has a nasty habit of adjusting things.  Be careful that
> something like this does not happen to you:
>           http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/24.19.html#subj6.1
> 

Thanks for the pointer. Generally, the data is being manually entered in
a spreadsheet now, but doing it automatically increases the risk of a
Do-What-I-Think-You-Should-Mean change not being noticed.

Patricia

Thread

Sending email with attachments Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-01 22:49 -0700
  Re: Sending email with attachments Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-02 04:20 -0700
    Re: Sending email with attachments Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-02 05:16 -0700
      Re: Sending email with attachments Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-02 07:10 -0700
        Re: Sending email with attachments Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-02 10:57 -0700
    Re: Sending email with attachments Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-02 07:03 -0700
      Re: Sending email with attachments Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-02 10:50 -0700
        Re: Sending email with attachments Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-02 11:16 -0700
          Re: Sending email with attachments dann90038@gmail.com - 2012-10-02 12:15 -0700
      Re: Sending email with attachments "Tom de Neef" <tdeneef@qolor.nl> - 2012-10-02 21:28 +0200
        Re: Sending email with attachments Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-02 12:59 -0700
  Re: Sending email with attachments Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-02 22:26 +0200
    Re: Sending email with attachments Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-03 20:04 +0100
    Re: Sending email with attachments Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-06 02:07 +0100
      Re: Sending email with attachments Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-06 08:48 +0200
        Re: Sending email with attachments Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-06 20:29 +0100
          Re: Sending email with attachments Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-06 21:49 +0200
            Re: Sending email with attachments Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-07 08:13 +0100
              Re: Sending email with attachments Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-07 14:28 +0200
                Re: Sending email with attachments Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-08 00:43 +0100
                Re: Sending email with attachments Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-08 03:26 +0200
                Re: Sending email with attachments Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-08 07:18 +0100
                Re: Sending email with attachments Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-08 11:13 +0200
                Re: Sending email with attachments Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-08 18:57 +0100
                Re: Sending email with attachments Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-08 09:46 +0100
                Re: Sending email with attachments Erwin Moller <erwinmollerusenet@xs4all.nl> - 2012-10-08 12:01 +0200
                Re: Sending email with attachments Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-08 19:16 +0100
                Re: Sending email with attachments Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-08 09:28 -0700
                Re: Sending email with attachments Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-08 18:34 +0100
          Re: Sending email with attachments Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-10-07 12:46 +0200
            Re: Sending email with attachments Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-07 18:55 +0200
              Re: Sending email with attachments Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-10-07 20:06 +0200
                Re: Sending email with attachments Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-07 22:12 +0200
            Re: Sending email with attachments Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-07 19:54 +0100
            Re: Sending email with attachments Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-08 01:09 +0100
              Re: Sending email with attachments Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-08 13:10 +0200
                Re: Sending email with attachments Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-08 19:20 +0100
              OT: Mac vs PC for development  (Was: Sending email with attachments) Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-10-08 08:38 -0700
  Re: Sending email with attachments Dr J R Stockton <reply1240@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-10-03 19:49 +0100
    Re: Sending email with attachments Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2012-10-03 23:08 +0000
      Re: Sending email with attachments Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-04 02:46 +0100
        Re: Sending email with attachments Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-03 19:42 -0700
    Re: Sending email with attachments Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-04 02:43 +0100
      Re: Sending email with attachments Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-03 19:54 -0700

csiph-web