On Saturday 08 February 2003 07:42 pm, FemmeFatale wrote: > At 01:27 PM 2/8/2003 -0500, you wrote: > ><snipper> > > > >How I deal with the security risks of html mail is with filters that > >whitelist > >people I trust. If I receive an html e-mail from somebody not on my > > trusted list, it gets sent to a different folder that displays everything > > as plain text, so it can be examined without rendering the html. If the > > sender is on the list, the message is forwarded to my inbox. > >-- > >Greg > > Hm... could you share how you do that? onlist or off pls. Ty
KMail has the ability to create quite advanced filters. You configure them from Settings ==> Configure Filters. The rule I use is a match all rule. The first criteria is if the body of the message contains the string "<html>", and the next rules are basically a list of the from addresses that contain the addresses I want to receive html mail from. These are addresses that I trust. I basically set the rule to say that if the message body contains "<html>", and does not contain [EMAIL PROTECTED], and does not contain [EMAIL PROTECTED], move to folder html-mail. If the message meets all the rules, it is html and it does not contain any of the addresses I specify it gets moved to the html folder, if not it goes on to the next filter or to the inbox if you don't have any more.. Of course, I have created a folder called html-mail and set it's preferences to display all messages as text. Now I can review the message without fear of someone that has created a malformed html string crashing my box. If it looks like I can trust it, I'll manually move it back to my inbox so I can view the rendered document as it is intended to be displayed. If it looks like I cannot trust it, I delete it. I have another filter that has rules that deletes any message that contains the words "p*nis enlargement", viagra, "dvd burning," and a few other well known phrases used by spammers -- basically a simple spam filter that cuts a lot of crap out of my inbox. Another thing I do is create a rule where every message that has the string "[newbie]" in the subject line is moved to a folder just for this list. Also one for Cooker and Expert, as well as the myriad of other lists I subscribe to. Keeps the inbox nice and tight. I hope this is clear as I wrote this very quickly. -- Greg
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