On 05/21/05 22:02, David Stanek wrote:
On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 07:52:59PM -0400, Peng wrote:
On 05/21/05 16:26, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
On Monday 02 May 2005 04:33 pm, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Mon, 02 May 2005 21:00:30 +0000, Alex A. Smith MCP wrote:
Time straped as it is, I'll type in what ever my Default Email prog
wants me to, asking people to turn it off wont work much, better to
make a better argument and ask the developers to dist it without html
as default.
Remember that when you ask a question in HTML and the person that really
knows the answer does even read it because he is too "time straped" to
sort the message from the decorations.
While I can't say I answer that many questions here, I am one of those troublesome users that refuses to read HTML email, even though my client (KMail or Firefox/Horde,
depending on where I'm at) supports it. [I turn support off, as both a security precaution and personal preference.]
I don't even read HTML replies to my own questions. I figure anyone that won't
turn off HTML for mailing list posts couldn't possibly provide me with any
useful information. ;)
How is HTML a security risk? JavaScript could be, I suppose, but HTML?
One thing that frustrates me about HTML email is the fact that
people put ping tags in it. Not much of a security issue, but I
wouldn't like it if I accidentially opened up spam only to confirm
my email address.
As far as security, if the browser supports Java or JavaScript then
bad things can happen. Or possibly an exploit for the HTML rendering
engine. Many more chances for bad things to happen...thats why I use
Mutt-ng :D
"ping tags"? What do you mean? Just an image or something that loads off
of the server and confirms your email address or an actual tag or what?
Meh. I do not have JavaScript enabled in Thunderbird, and I don't even
know if it can have Java support. And I'm just not too worried about an
HTML vulnerability. And if there is one, I'm quite sure Mozilla will fix
it promptly.
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