William H. Geiger III enscribed thusly:
In <37a52bf54844994eb90c8e8af06b07b7@anon.efga.org>, on 02/18/98 at 03:00 AM, Anonymous <anon@anon.efga.org> said:
Use mail readers that don't automatically process HTML and connect to image servers, accept cookies, or run javascripts. You are being watched by tricky defective, er, detective types. es.
Several things here:
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2. AutoProcessing of Attachments:
This is *allways* a BadThing(TM). Not only is it an obvious security risk it is a PITA for the user. I would be rally pissed if my mailer launched a V-Card app everytime someone thought it was a GoodThing(TM) to add these attachments to every message they sent out.
Oh it gets better than that! I know of one person who got hit with a specially formated porno-spam message. When he opened it, the html message did an autorestart on his browser and <you guessed it> there he was browsing the porno site! What a convenient feature! Especially with you boss and co-workers in the vicinity! Needless to say, that person has is now a rabid anti-html in E-Mail fanatic! : : - Remainder of message deleted... :
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