>Hi folks,
>For years as President of the Queensland Internet Development
>Society Inc. I trained people to turn off HTML in their Emails
>and graphics in their Browsers.
>Simple logic:
>1. Only brochures (usually spam) come via HTML
Anyone wanting something more visually interesting than plain
black-type-on-white-background.
>2. Graphics are usually useless things providing no value in
>the information exchange.
To YOU, maybe. Not to everyone.
"A picture is worth a thousand words"
>3. Do YOU yourself actually surf with graphics on? ( Unless
>looking at the competition, or doing it for "fun" )
I VERY RARELY meet anyone who DOESN'T surf with graphics on.
>Finally, the ever-increasing invasions of our systems and
>privacy are going to increase exponentially, not go away, as
>scriptkiddies get hold of and simply replicate html bugs at a
>rate that will make the current intrusions seem tame!
Usually on MS mail clients, and it takes about 30 seconds to stop
embedded scripts from automatically executing, and then you're protected
from (most) problems in HTML email. (HINT: set email to be treated as
RESTRICTED ZONE settings, and then set RESTRICTED ZONES to not execute
by default).
In Linux, if you use a console email client like mutt or pine, simply
have it bring up lynx or similar non-graphical browser, when you get
HTML email. Then others are free to send email the way they want to, and
not as others want them to.
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