Re: HTML mail
On Thursday 11 July 2019 08:46:48 tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 07:26:00AM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> > Brad Rogers writes:
> > > Except that the worst offenders are commercial entities such
> > > google, ebay(1), all banks, amazon, etc, etc. ad nauseam. *None*
> > > of them are going to remove HTML and/or CSS from their emails
> > > until something 'better'(2) comes along.
> >
> > Some banks have found something "better". Their emails contain a
> > link which automatically opens a page on their site in your browser
> > (they assume that everyone reads email in a browser, of course).
> > They claim this is more secure.
>
> Horrifying.
>
> [...]
>
> > There is no point in complaining. 99% of users object to anything
> > *but* html mail. Most don't know that anything else exists.
>
> For me, that would be a reason to change the bank.
>
And you would be amazed at the leverage a 5 digit account gives the
disgruntled customer. Do some shopping around, and don't be afraid to
vote with your wallet.
> My bank offers a standardized protocol based on public key
> cryptography. I can initiate a transaction (or fetch records) with a
> simple shell script.
>
> No browser involved.
>
> Cheers
> -- t
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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