Tim Tyler wrote: > Javascript can be turned off in *mail readers* - by their manufacturers.
Yes, mail readers, browsers, combined mail reading and Web browsing "suites", or whatever combination of functions you care to consider. In any case, in the not-exactly-unknown mail reader I use, I can't seem to find a setting that will turn JavaScript on. Meanwhile, HTML mail is flagged and presented as plain text with a prominent warning about viewing the message as HTML - an acceptable tradeoff which only slightly delays the viewing of the very few legitimate messages I get sent in that format. Of course, the most excitable manufacturers of mail readers with respect to enabling a "rich experience" are those pitching "enterprise functionality", although a full treatment of their mistakes (amplifying my previous rant) would take this discussion even further away from the tenuous connection it has with Python, related discussions on type safety, private/protected/public, using Python in Mozilla, and the disappearance of the Bastion module notwithstanding. Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list