In article <006d01c0ea64$7aec2760$5c16989e@btclick>, Peter S Tillier
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Malcolm Cadman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 10:16 PM
>Subject: Re: [ql-users] HTML- Mail was QL Emulators CD
>
>
><snip>
>> >Under Tools/Options/Send, untick "Reply to messages using same format
>> >as they were sent".
>
>Why is it that Microshift uses default settings such as these when there are
>(?were?) clear standards for email on the 'net? I guess it's just so that
>they can make it easier for "script kiddies" to hack into other people's
>machines. The M$ user base ought to be suing them as accomplices!
I guess they never read the standard guides that recommend plain text to
therefore include all likely users, or else they were just 'visionary'
:-) ... setting new standards.
Maybe they were even right ! As HTML has become much more popular
since, and many users don't know that HTML is any different from
anything else, they just accept it as being there.
>[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]
We are probably only lucky that the 'satisfaction' ( ? ) of a virus
writer is to infect a great many systems, and get known for it.
QDOS/SMS being so small it ain't worth it :-)
>> >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!
Agreed, people just use what they have, and if they are always
communicating with other users who have the same hardware/software they
never notice.
The other culprit is documents being sent in M$ Word format :-( in an
email.
>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.
Catching up fast, then ...
>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!
Yes ... you've got it right :-)
--
Malcolm Cadman
