On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:38:11 +0000 Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> > > K9 Mail can do both plain text and bottom posting. > > > Both set in Account settings/Sending mail. > > > > It can write but forces html onto users, which potentially includes > > jpg exploits, png exploits, html exploits, script exploits, font > > exploits... > > What are you talking about? K9 forces HTML on no one, it sends plain > text if you set it to do so. > If you receive a html email you have no choice but to execute code to handle as per my above examples. > > Having knocked Android, I haven't found the time to try the latest > > native email app. I'm not expecting a no html option but I'm pretty > > sure it will have some major pluses over k9mail, which was a trade > > of good for bad on Gingerbread. > > K9 is not Android, any more than yourfavouriteemailer is Linux. It is > a program that runs on Android. As for being less capable than the > native app, the opposite is the case as it is based on the code from > the native app, but actively developed. Googles mail is part of android and they do maintain it. I maintain that while k9 has some improvements it also breaks things and I guess would have not seen light without Googles initial efforts.
