From MAILER-DAEMON@deepsoft.com Thu Jul 30 15:11:23 2009 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on sharky.deepsoft.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-150.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Received: from localhost (localhost) by sharky.deepsoft.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) id n6UJBNWR009376; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:11:23 -0400 Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:11:23 -0400 From: Mail Delivery Subsystem Message-Id: <200907301911.n6UJBNWR009376@sharky.deepsoft.com> To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status; boundary="n6UJBNWR009376.1248981083/sharky.deepsoft.com" Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for details Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure) This is a MIME-encapsulated message --n6UJBNWR009376.1248981083/sharky.deepsoft.com The original message was received at Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:11:18 -0400 from localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1] ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- (reason: 554 The message was rejected because it contains prohibited virus or spam content) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- ... while talking to smtp.secureserver.net.: >>> DATA <<< 554 The message was rejected because it contains prohibited virus or spam content 554 5.0.0 Service unavailable --n6UJBNWR009376.1248981083/sharky.deepsoft.com Content-Type: message/delivery-status Reporting-MTA: dns; sharky.deepsoft.com Received-From-MTA: DNS; localhost.localdomain Arrival-Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:11:18 -0400 Final-Recipient: RFC822; robbie@turningtide.com Action: failed Status: 5.0.0 Remote-MTA: DNS; smtp.secureserver.net Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 554 The message was rejected because it contains prohibited virus or spam content Last-Attempt-Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:11:23 -0400 --n6UJBNWR009376.1248981083/sharky.deepsoft.com Content-Type: message/rfc822 Return-Path: Received: from sharky.deepsoft.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by sharky.deepsoft.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n6UJBCWR009364 for ; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:11:18 -0400 Received: (from heller@localhost) by sharky.deepsoft.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id n6UJBCmN009363; Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:11:12 -0400 Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:11:12 -0400 From: Robert Heller Message-Id: <200907301911.n6UJBCmN009363@sharky.deepsoft.com> To: robbie@turningtide.com Subject: Re: Invitation To Contribute To Broadband Grant References: <113369DD-666B-413A-B95F-2B022E91354D@turningtide.com> In-Reply-To: <113369DD-666B-413A-B95F-2B022E91354D@turningtide.com> X-Loop: heller@deepsoft.com You sent the attachment in Microsoft Word format, a secret proprietary format, so it is hard for me to read. If you send me plain text or PDF, then I will read it. Distributing documents in Word format is bad for you and for others. You can't be sure what they will look like if someone views them with a different version of Word; they may not work at all. Receiving Word attachments is bad for you because they can carry viruses (see http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/acro.html). Sending Word attachments is bad for you, because a Word document normally includes hidden information about the author, enabling those in the know to pry into the author's activities (maybe yours). Text that you think you deleted may still be embarrassingly present. But above all, sending people Word documents puts pressure on them to use Microsoft software and helps to deny them any other choice. In effect, you become a buttress of the Microsoft monopoly. This pressure is a major obstacle to the broader adoption of free software. Would you please reconsider the use of Word format for communication with other people? Converting the file to plain text is simple. Open the document, click on File, then Save As, and in the Save As Type strip box at the bottom of the box, choose Text Only or Text Document. Then choose Save. You can then attach the new Text document instead of your Word document. Note that versions of Word change in inconsistent ways -- if you see slightly different menu item names, please try them. Some additional information is available at these URLs: No Proprietary Binary Data Formats: http://www.podval.org/~sds/data.html Don't use MS-Word as a document exchange format http://www.goldmark.org/netrants/no-word/ Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Linux Installation and Administration http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Web Hosting, with CGI and Database heller@deepsoft.com -- Contract Programming: C/C++, Tcl/Tk --n6UJBNWR009376.1248981083/sharky.deepsoft.com--