Ben Bucksch wrote:

> MichaelP wrote:
> 
>> I think, at the moment Mozilla Mail is less secure than a carefully 
>> configured Outlook Express.
>> If I get a new message in my inbox, I can not see if the message 
>> contains an attachment - OE indicates that, so I cann take a look at 
>> the  source text if it.
> 
> 
> Claiming that Mozilla is less secure, because we have no attachments 
> icon in the thread pane is a long strech, I'd say.
> 
> Wait for bug 30888 to be fixed and you won't have to worry about 
> BadTrans anymore, because it relies on HTML (bug 109249 is about 
> BadTrans, isn't it?).
> 


At first, thank You for Your answer - I will wait for the fix of the 
bugs You mentioned.
But at the moment I do not feel secure when I use Mozilla Mail. This was 
the reason I used these harsh words comparing Mozilla with OE


>> Few days ago I received a BadTrans infected mail, and I got the 
>> "save-to-disk"-dialog immediatedly.
> 
> 
> You haven't been infected, have you? If you care about attachments, you 
> surely won't confirm the save.
> 

That's right - I have not been infected. But at the moment I opened the 
message I felt helpless only being dependent on the capabilities of may 
AV software.


>> A symbol to indicate that this *new unread* message has an attachment 
>> would be very useful.
> 
> Agreed.
> 
>> Further, I made another test: I sent a html-file as an attachment 
>> (using Lotus Notes 4.5x) from my office to two of my privae 
>> mail-accounts. Mozilla Mail displays the html-file directly, OE 
>> (correctly) shows only the attachment that has to be opened/saved 
>> manually.

> 
> What is correct depends on the MIME headers (content-disposition 
> inline?) and your settings. HTML attachments are no more dangerous than 
> HTML mail.
> 
If the attachment is plain HTML, You are right. But what happens, if not (like 
BadTrans &Co)?


Again, Thank You

Michael


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