On Aug 2, 2016, at 2:29 PM, Macs R We <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Aug 2, 2016, at 10:41 AM, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I just checked my Apple Mail preferences. Under the Viewing tab, I see that >> I have the box checked for "Load remote content in message". Is sounds like >> I should uncheck that box, right? If I do uncheck it, will I see a bunch of >> generic icons for any content, and will I then have an option to view the >> content if I believe it's from a trusted source? > > Yes, precisely. > > I ran that way for some months, then decided it was too much of a pain in the > butt to continue, security or no security, But try it out for yourself. > > All you do with that setting is avoid triggering "web bugs." They can't load > malware, or do anything other than tell the mail sender that your email > address is live. Since most of my email addresses are business addresses > that are publicly advertised on websites to begin with, I couldn't see the > upside.
Thanks. I might try it for a while and see how painful it is. The way you describe it, having the "load remote content" box checked does not sound so bad -- if all it does is notify the mail sender that my email address is live. But does it also load images? I thought that malware, or at least undesirable things of some sort, could be embedded in images. Is that not true? I guess I am really showing my ignorance here. Gregg _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
