Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 05:00:56PM -0500, Travis Crump wrote: > >>Preferences->Advanced, uncheck "Enable Javascript for Mail and >>Newsgroups". Unless I am missing something, I have never heard of a >>vulnerability that can be exploited without javascript... >> > > What about those annoying spam auto refresh bounces. Don't yah > just love it when your boss walks up just as your E-Mail bounces you to > some spammers porno site... > > Okkk... An there there are web bugs. The little goodies that > pull a special identifying image from their web site identifying your > E-Mail address as a good one and worth putting on their platinum "we've > qualified this address as good" list that they sell to other spammers. > Reading spam in an HTML enabled reader is an incredibly good way to > increase your spam traffic. The more you get the more you are qualified. > > Then there is version two of the web bugs. Images on anonymous > ftp sites where your browser delivers your E-Mail address to the anonftp > site for addition to a spammer list. (Ok... That one doesn't work NEARLY > as well as the one above since a lot of browsers don't supply an E-Mail > address in the password for anonymous ftp). Quite a few spammers use > both techniques in combination. > > No... There is plenty of mayhem that trouble makers can do without > resorting to Java or Javascript. Unfortunately. Ok, I'll bite. You said plenty - you listed one - webbugs. You can go offline before reading a message. > > HTML is simply inappropriate in E-Mail. Have you considered a typewriter, some paper and some white-out? I've never understood this e-mail must only be plain text thing... Jeff > > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>>On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 03:12:18 +1030, David Simpson >>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>I'm obviously not one of your clients then. The only HTML mail I >>>>receive is SPAM and I don't want that at all. Plain text for me every >>>>day. >>>> >>>> >>> >>>Thank you YES >>> >>>I also think that the HTML opens you up to certain vulnerabilities. >>>Is there a simple HTML that can be implemented? So some people can >>>have their colored 24 point fonts with italics without the whole web >>>page layout stuff. >>> >>>Scoobie >>> >>> >
