On Sun, 2003-02-02 at 06:26, Thomas Ritter wrote: > Am Sonntag, 2. Februar 2003 14:45 schrieb Alexander Hvostov: > > I'm sure there are other reasons that make HTML inappropriate for email, > > at least for the time being. Anyone care to comment? > > Yes, TRUST for one. There were too many HTML-Mail-related security holes in > the past. That is an MUA problem, not an HTML problem. There have been plenty of security holes in MUAs not related to HTML in the past. > The second is, SPAM doesn't get too annoying without HTML view. I disagree. > There are Spammers already using JavaScript in mails, this is a BAAAAD idea, > as we see from the Microsoft Outlook Scripting Experiences (TM) called > Melissa etc. Again, this is an MUA problem, not an HTML (or JavaScript) problem. > HTML Mails with the HTML Mail in the attachment and a copy in plain text as > body should be okay, these should be opened in a browser window. Indeed, but that defeats the purpose of my wish that the world would standardize on HTML. Alex. -- PGP Public Key: http://aoi.dyndns.org/~alex/pgp-public-key -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d- s:++ a18 C++(++++)>$ UL+++(++++) P--- L+++>++++ E---- W+(+++) N- o-- K+ w--- !O M(+) V-- PS+++ PE-- Y+ PGP+(+++) t* 5-- X-- R tv b- DI D+++ G e h! !r y ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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