Peter S Tillier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily
those of my employer.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Malcolm Cadman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] HTML- Mail was QL Emulators CD
<snip>
> >Under Tools/Options/Send, untick "Reply to messages using same format
> >as they were sent".
Why is it that Microshift uses default settings such as these when there are
(?were?) clear standards for email on the 'net? I guess it's just so that
they can make it easier for "script kiddies" to hack into other people's
machines. The M$ user base ought to be suing them as accomplices!
[OT] This makes interesting reading about script kiddies and the other sort
of hacker:
http://grc.com/dos/grcdos.htm
I guess that as the TCP/IP stack progresses we'll have to start thinking
about protection from this sort of thing - good to know that ZoneAlarm works
against it. It's nice that no viruses have surfaced to infect QDOS/SMS,
even though I know of at least one that has been written.
[OT]
<snip>
> >On the same page under "Mail sending format" select the Plain Text
> >radio button, and while youre there check the settings under the
> >"International Settings" button and select Western European (ISO).
> >
> >Finally, in the address book (Tools/Address Book), under the ql-user
> >entry,
> >Name tab, tick the "Send E-Mail using plain text only" button,
> >
> >repeat the latter step for all your nerdy acquaintances,
> >
<snip>
In my experience by far the majority of software users have no idea what
options are set up on their machines (this rather sweeping generalization
does not, of course, apply to those on this list) and don't _want_ to know!
What's worse is that they don't even bother to find out how things change
between releases. The software system that I support at work uses IBM
mainframes and someone of my acquaintance recently advertized a "new" IBM
feature on an internal newsgroup that has been around for - wait for it - 10
years! It's a shame he can't blame Bill Gates for that.
Hopefully not "Replying to messages using same format as they were sent" and
"Sending E-Mail using plain text only" - although with M$ who knows!
Peter
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Peter S Tillier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily
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