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I have never, ever sent a JavaScript file to a person capable of reading JavaScript, who actually wanted or needed a JavaScript file sent to them via email. No one has ever requested such a thing from me.

That is something that has never happened to me.

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I have. I'll do what I do with .EXEs already -- zip them and rename to .jpg.

In a world where email clients were maintained as actively as web browsers, this behavior would be a default feature, in the same way we have weird workarounds for HTTP proxies.

Sometimes it can be more convenient to just password protect the archive

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