On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 04:55:10PM +1000, Andrew Macks ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Mon, 22 May 2000, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote:
>
> > If nowbody could send HTML/SCRIPT based mail we would not have to spend
> > hours/days to
> >
> > * update virus infromation files
> > * update virus software regulary
> > * make sure that even the least knowledgeable user understands
> >
> > and spend less money on this and could spend money on research ...
>
> I think you're putting blame in the wrong place. HTML is an annoyance.
> Outlook's attachment preview and inbuilt Java support *ARE* problems.
I dont think I do. The <SCRIPT> tag allows a lot of things to happen....
I saw a mail a few days back on a mailing list (cant remember which)
and somebody was explaining the idea of a new virus type using the
<SCRIPT> tag. I tried it and got very worried as most of which
he said worked fine.
So at least id we keep HTML as formatting of mail we should only
have a substandard of it -> WITHOUT the script stuff.
> Whatever you do, idiots are still going to open attachments and run them
> if somebody tells them "It's a pretty program for Christmas".
sad.
See above.
Jobst
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