Hi Jobst:
HTML formatting is separate from scripting, though the two are often
combined (e.g. in Outlook, Netscape mail). Many lighweight email
programs (e.g. Eudora) create and display HTML formatted email without
having the scripting engines.
Don't get me wrong - scripting _is_ useful, but also dangerous because
it executes commands under your authority. The best idea I've seen was
when someone mentioned a "run as" command. Imagine right-clicking a
program or script to run as a low privilege user in it's own window. In
Unix, could this be done using a new X-server window and su?
It would be good to see animated christmas card .EXEs when I want to.
_Sonam
Jobst Schmalenbach wrote:
>
> On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 02:11:30PM +1000, Sonam Chauhan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > In the light of all the virus troubles (and save the running virus checkers some
>time)
> > > wouldnt it be feasable if people are asked to only post "text based" mail to
> >
> > No, not for those reasons
>
> MMMhhh, why not?
> 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 ...
>
>
> on top off this if we had a different mail protocol for formatting
> of email (to make it pretty) we had no troubles at all........
>
> jobst
>
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