Hans Wolf schrieb: > Many people understand that sending HTML-formatted messages is *evil*. > A pathetic explanation may be found at: > "http://www.kaipahl.de/brain/html_ist_boese.html"; > > Two weeks ago I started filtering HTML-formatted messages to a limbo > folder. Since then I receive practically NO SPAM. All spam goes into > the HTML limbo and then into trash. (And this is about a dozen > messages in a slow day) > > - The question to you, Jay, is why sending mail in HTML format is the > DEFAULT in Mozilla?
It's _not_ default. The HTML _Editor_ is used as default for mail, but that doesn't mean that the email is send in HTML. The _default_ in Netscape 6 and Mozilla is, that as long as there is no HTML formatting in the text than the message is sent as plaintext. > I, for one, would have banned HTML formatting, yet as the second para > above demonstrates, it is a good tool to separate SPAM. > > If HTML mail is NOT set as default, the spammers may still enjoy > sending in this format but 95% of regular users will send their > messages in the decades old email standard -- the text format. > > - A subquestion of a similar kind: why accepting javascript in email > and news is set as DEFALUT, too? That only applies to Netscape 6. It's off per default in Mozilla. But yes, you are right, this is a high security risk in mail and I also wonder why Netscape endangers their users to malicious scripts in mail. > I think these are a wrong practice and need to be changed. > Those users who want decorations would be able to turn them on and the > majority will not support the dirty practice of spammers. > > Hans. > -- Holger Metzger Netscape 6 / Mozilla Tips: http://www.hmetzger.de
