On 12/22/2009 08:37 PM, NoOp wrote: > On 12/22/2009 06:39 PM, Phillip Jones wrote: >> NoOp wrote: >> -------------------snip------------------- >> >>> But apparently do not understand the risks associated with html and >>> javascript in emails. You can of course choose to ignore the default >>> settings& SeaMonkey/about:config allows you to do that. >> -------------------snip------------------- >> >> JavaScript was in html mail as far as back perhaps Netscape Navigator >> 3.0.1.a Gold. and the h=whole time not once did I experience a Problem >> And I have viewed many a html or newsgroup post with JavaScript in it >> and not once a problem. Yet recently there is all the fear of JavaScript. >> >> Talk about something dangerous, talk about Active-X. Active-X is a lot >> more Dangerous than JavaScript. > > SeaMonkey doesn't run Active-X & so the reference isn't relevant here. > > You've also been advocating html & javascript in email for as long as I > remember. I wonder how your spam rate is? Also keep in mind that you run > a Mac, so the issues of something spinning up on your Mac vs that of a > Windows user is perhaps different. > > Just because you've kept the blinders on all these years doesn't mean > that html & javascript in emails is a good thing. Google will certainly > show you that.
Sorry, forgot to add: http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/home_networks.html#IV-A-9 (you do know who cert is... right?) <quote> 10. Disable scripting features in email programs Because many email programs use the same code as web browsers to display HTML, vulnerabilities that affect ActiveX, Java, and JavaScript are often applicable to email as well as web pages. Therefore, in addition to disabling scripting features in web browsers (see "Disable Java, JavaScript, and ActiveX if possible", above), we recommend that users also disable these features in their email programs. </quote> Rufus may have some reason to want to enable javascript in emails, but if so I'd posit that he's working in an environment that is pretty unstable. My recommendation to him (and you) is to find another email client & be done with it. I'm sure that both of you Mac users have alternatives... just do it. Simple as that. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
