Anonymous Web Browsers
A. Padgett Peterson P.E. Information Security
PADGETT at hobbes.orl.mmc.com
Sat Mar 2 11:55:12 PST 1996
>Note to Netscape people: Is it possible to have an option that will *always*
>pop up a mail window and request confirmation before mail is sent out? Or
>disable mailto altogether? It would be a lot easier than binary editing
>the executable to remove all the mailto strings...
Disabling is easy, just do not specify a mail server (or better, one that
will refuse mail) in "options/preferences/mail and news". Netscape (at least
1.1n) initiates a port 25 connection to the designated server to send mail.
Warmly,
Padgett
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