2006-10-20

MP3's Considered a Malicious File Type?

JoeS noticed that mp3 files are no longer allowed to be opened directly from email attachments in trunk builds of Thunderbird and Seamonkey. They must be first saved to the drive.

--------------010306060708080008030904
Content-Type: audio/mpeg;
name="Eternals -  Babalus's Wedding DayFinal.mp3"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-ID: <part1.00030607.05030...@gmail.com>
Content-Disposition: inline;
filename="Eternals -  Babalus's Wedding DayFinal.mp3"

He wonders why this is.