Hello alltogether,
On Sat, 5 Feb 2000 10:52:11 -0700 Marc Slemko wrote:
> 2. Do not use a mail reader that forces you to display HTML messages.
> Using something like Outlook Express is very dangerous, since it
> means that you can be exploited if an email message arrives in your
> inbox and is displayed. If you do use something like Outlook
> Express, be sure to configure it to disable scripting and make it
> as restrictive as possible. Unfortunately, in the case of Outlook
> Express, this doesn't appear to be enough since I can't find any
> setting that will stop things like IFRAMEs from automatically
> loading, which are enough to make you vulnerable in many situations.
> Hopefully I'm missing something.
FYI (hopefully I am right): OE 5 can be configured to use one of two
zone-settings for HTML-mail (internet or restricted). The zone-settings
can be configured to exclude loading files in an IFRAME. This is more
than many other mail-clients which show HTML offer.
Bye, MM
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Manuel Martin
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