On 16 Feb 2002 09:23:27 GMT, Glenn Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 16 Feb 2002, pete was seen to have posted this wee note into >netscape.public.mozilla.mail-news, to which I have responded as follows: > >> More like trying to get NS to do what any other modern mail client >> including Eudora and yes, the Outlook products, can do. > >I don't think I want an email client which automatically allows viruses to >post themselves! > > >> And you can >> drop the siege mentality, MHTML wasn't invented in Redmond ya know. > >Ok. So what does "MHTML" stand for, and who did invent it? > > >Glenn Miller > Something like "MIME E-mail Encapsulation of Aggregate Documents such as HTML". Do a search and you can get all the relevant RFCs. In any case, if I recall, the virus that you're probably referring to was because of the browser. Outlook, like most things on a PC that display HTML, uses the IE core to render the HTML. You could get the same virus by visiting a malicious site with your browser. >-- >"What some people have against Open Source Software is what Fundamentalist >Christians or Moslems have against Knowledge." -- pete
