> > I ran the html file which was with the message, which appears as an > > attchment, in !Pluto, in NetSurf. The BMP file was also an attachment > > to the message. NetSurf tried to load the file. End of.
> OK. But an html message or web page shouldn't contain BMP images. On what basis shouldn't it, please? It's the first time I've seen a BMP file employed in this way. If this is likely to become a more common procedure then surely NetSurf developers would wish to know, yes? > I expect that Internet Explorer might open them, but then it'll handle > URLs containing backslashes. So the problem lies with whatever lump of > shit (Outlook Express?) sent the message. I'm not surprised that > NetSurf barfed at it. > Your correspondent could do with a little education too. Not my problem. It was commercial, thus drawing my attention to the event.
