On 08.06.02 12:15, Jonas J�rgensen Replied As Follows: --- Original Message ---
> Jay Garcia wrote: >> Ok, you still do not understand. Email does NOT access port 80, only >> port 110 (pop3). You can verify this by sending yourself an html >> formatted email and observe the reception via a packet sniffer. At no >> time is port 80 in the picture, only the POP3 or IMAP ports 110 or 143. > > Sending and receiving the email will not access port 80, that is > correct. But I believe Joseph is talking about *viewing* an HTML message > which contains an <img src="http://some.web.server/myimage.gif";> tag. > That *will* cause the mail application to access port 80 in order to > retrieve the image. Yes, correct. And moreso now than ever with all the HTML SPAM nowadays. Glad I operate my own mail server with filters ... >> All of this is going to be a moot point shortly as the feature "View >> Message Body As ....." --> "Original HTML", "Simple HTML", "Plain Text" >> will be included hopefully in the next 1.01alpha. The feature has been >> included in the nightlies for weeks now and works quite well. If you >> want to install Beonex you can also use the feature as well. > > That is a way to solve this problem, yes. See also > <http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28327>. > > /Jonas > -- Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion Novell MCNE-5/CNI-Networking Technologies-OSI UFAQ - http://www.UFAQ.org ** Post To Group ONLY, do NOT email **
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