The author of the web based email package I use (neomail) patently refuses to add any time of HTML support whatsoever. Some view him as backwards for this view, but frankly I applaud his decision.
Having the capability to read and parse arbitrary content in a mail package is exactly what has lead to this wave of email viruses. Do we really need a scripting engine so powerful that any program can do anything to the system, particularly when there is no particular (at least that I've ever worked out) system security. At least on Unix, most users are severly hampered from destroying anything particularly important (save their own data), even though there's more powerful scripting languages than WSH (in my opinion anyway). I still think most of these viruses depend on you opening the attachment (although that may not be the case for long, if JavaScript or ActiveX can be employed to help out a bit by a sufficiently clever virus author). > Is this something I need to open McAfee for or can it be avoided by not > opening any files? My e-mail client is gay and automatically views the > first new e-mail so if I can get this thing by just viewing the e-mail > I'm screwed already. > > On Sun, 25 Nov 2001 14:53:30 -0500 "[BD]Avatar-X" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > lol... i got a file called docs.doc.pif > > > > But since i'm not stupid enough to use Outlook, i didn't even see > > the attachment. > > -av > > > > Leon Hartwig wrote: > > > > > Is this one of those 'one hand clapping' type of questions? > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Oskar 'Zoot' Lindgren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 8:14 AM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Virus on the list ? > > > > > > > > > > > > why can�t i send to this list any longer? > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Benjamin 'RirA' Rosenberger > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 5:06 PM > > > > Subject: [hlcoders] Virus on the list ? > > > > > > > > yes, there is a virus on this list! BUT THEY DID NOT SEND IT TO > > THE > > > > LIST, just to everyone single! > > > > > > > > SUCKER WHO DID THAT, just delete the mail you got, DO NOT OPEN! > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ---------- > > > > -- > > > > Benjamin 'RirA' Rosenberger > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > www.rossispage.de <http://www.rossispage.de> > > > > ICQ# 76679953 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ---------- > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > archives, please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > archives, please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > --------------------------------------- Eight percent of life is showing up. -- Woody Allen _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
