On 2005-12-19 23:05:01 +0000 (Mon, Dec), Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:17:46 -0600, Dale wrote: > > > >Because it is insecure on some mail readers and unreadable on others. > > > Linux insecure? Never had that problem before. > > Leaving aside the fact that many people are forced to use Outlook at > work, HTML can contain CGI scripts disguised as images, cookies etc. > While these may not harm your computer, they can be used to collect some > information about you. For this reason, many people disable or restrict > the display of HTML in e-mail.
AND, for example, there are bugs in libraries - even on Linux - check the history of security problems with, for example, PNG: GLSA 200408-03 GLSA 200408-22 or grep 'arbitrary code' /usr/portage/metadata/glsa/* Linux may be as unsecure as every other system. It always helps to be a little paranoid and not to let unknown images display (yeah, I know - we all surf the web, but ...) :-) Quote For The Day: "Just because I am paranoid doesn't mean they're not after me" -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by 'grep -i virus $MESSAGE' Trust me.
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