>Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 10:39:37 -0500 >From: Dan C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Bugbear virus and LEM lists
>At 09:36 AM -0500 03/10/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>Please 'splain something to me... >> >> Are people normally in the habit of opening attachments from e-mail >> addresses that they do not recognize? > >Yes. > >Actually, it's worse than you think. Programs such as Outlook and >Eudora, by default, offer a message "preview" pane with HTML >rendering turned on. That means that the *single* mouse click >necessary to select the email for deleting actually OPENS it! And >under Windows, that means the message body is handed to MS' embedded >HTML engine for rendering. So all the security holes are "available" >and you just jumped into them - with a single click. These options can be turned off in the preferences. Of course, they're on by default, and most folks will never reset them.... I keep html turned OFF in my email client. Html has no business in email. If I get email with html in it, it goes directly in the trash anyway. Jeff Walther -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
