On 12/24/09 12:39 PM, Stan Halpin wrote:
There is a concern (fear?) (paranoia?) that the HTML plus tag-along java etc may insert nasties into your system. At my place of employment, we are prohibited from sending or receiving HTML. And the mail server strips or disables any links within a message. Thus, if there is a link to an image associated with a news story, for example, the link is rendered ineffective so that the reader cannot simply click to view.
HTML is always a potential privacy threat due to web bugs (individualized tracking images - usually invisible). Add JavaScript and there's potential for other nastiness ranging from concealing the true destination of links to much nastier stuff.
But frankly, sending HTML email is just plain rude unless someone's asked to get their email that way. Most places ask you which format you want.
Though, come to think of it, everything I've ever received from B&H has been in plain text (with the HTML version as an attachment).
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