-- Original Message -- >In truth, there are really no e-mail programs that are even close to being >invulnerable.
True, but email programs that render HTML and, especially, those that run JavaScript, are *vastly* more vulnerable than those that just show plain text. With a text-only email client "real life" security is much better because the default installation (what most people end up with in the real world) is safer: You have to deliberately save and run an attachment to get hit. I once did a demonstration for a friend at work in which I sent him an email that crashed his PC when he opened it; no file attachments necessary - just HTML and JavaScript and *any* HTML/JavaScript email client would do it. With a little work Microsoft OutHouse *can* be made much more secure that its default installation, although you can't defeat image loading (to stop web bugs in email) in any version that I've had to work with. -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
