Re[3]: Displaying HTML
Hello Goncalo, Tuesday, February 14, 2006, 12:04:16 AM, you wrote: I simple check box and all the the appropriate code is all it takes. that's what *you* think of. in reality, you'll be pushed into supporting https and all the PKI-related mess, including certificates and their revocation. then, all sort of content: JavaScript, ActiveX, Java, Shockwave... then, ... the bottom line: why don't you people just link to the existing browser and let it do all this?. nice. which browser? IE? Mozilla/Firefox? Opera? Tomorrow's Next Big Fuzz? all of them? then, why don't you people just leave the user 2xClick and fire up whichever browser there is installed? -- Best regards, vitaliemailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
Hello vitalie vrabie everyone else, on 14-Feb-2006 at 16:49 you (vitalie vrabie) wrote: then, why don't you people just leave the user 2xClick and fire up whichever browser there is installed? The problem is, as mentioned a gazillion times, those messages that include both remote and attached pictures. You can view the message with the attached pictures in TB, or you can view the message with the remote pictures in the browser. Either way, the message will not be shown in all its HTML glory. :-) IIRC it was said to be possible to export the message to a file ending in .mht or something, and some browsers recognize this format and display all the content correctly. But... that can't really be a solution. -- Best regards, Alexander (http://www.neurowerx.de - ICQ 238153981) Schmidt's Law: If you mess with a thing long enough, it'll break. Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
Hello Jeff Gaines everyone else, on 14-Feb-2006 at 00:22 you (Jeff Gaines) wrote: and a more complete file manager to Explore I've been looking for one for ages, PowerDesk is resource hungry and quirky. Any recommendations? Total Commander from www.ghisler.com -- Best regards, Alexander (http://www.neurowerx.de - ICQ 238153981) Lovka's Freeway Axiom: The driver behind you wants to go 5 mph faster. Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
Hello Dwight A Corrin everyone else, on 14-Feb-2006 at 01:43 you (Dwight A Corrin) wrote: If you can read a pdf file in a thumbnail, you've got me beat. I'm using Foxit Reader for PDF. Its small, free, and loads about 15 years faster than the current Acrobat Reader 7. -- Best regards, Alexander (http://www.neurowerx.de - ICQ 238153981) It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue. -- Voltaire Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
Hi Alexander, on Tue, 14 Feb 2006 20:17:41 +0100GMT (14.02.2006, 20:17 +0100GMT here), you wrote: and a more complete file manager to Explore I've been looking for one for ages, PowerDesk is resource hungry and quirky. Any recommendations? ASK Total Commander from www.ghisler.com If you hadn't recommended TC, I'd have. You were faster. :-) -- Cheers Peter The only person getting his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe. Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
On Tuesday, February 14, 2006, 1:16:36 PM, Alexander S. Kunz wrote: I'm using Foxit Reader for PDF. Link? I didn't find anything like this at foxIT.com -- Dwight A. Corrin 928 S Broadway Wichita KS 67211 316.303.1411 fax 316.265.7568 dcorrin at fastmail.fm Using IMAP with The Bat! 3.70.09 Qigong (Beta) on Windows XP version 5,1 Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
G'day Dwight, Wednesday, February 15, 2006, 7:32:41 AM, you wrote: On Tuesday, February 14, 2006, 1:16:36 PM, Alexander S. Kunz wrote: I'm using Foxit Reader for PDF. Link? I didn't find anything like this at foxIT.com http://www.foxitsoftware.com/ I thoroughly recommend this as well. Small, quick loading and so far it has correctly displayed every PDF file I've used. Works nicely with Mozilla Firefox too. -- Regards, Bob Using The Bat! v3.65.03 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
PDF Reader (was: Displaying HTML)
Hello Dwight A Corrin everyone else, on 14-Feb-2006 at 22:32 you (Dwight A Corrin) wrote: On Tuesday, February 14, 2006, 1:16:36 PM, Alexander S. Kunz wrote: I'm using Foxit Reader for PDF. Link? I didn't find anything like this at foxIT.com Sorry, forgot to add it. Its available from http://www.foxitsoftware.com I forgot to mention: it doesn't require any installation - associate it with .PDF and you're done. I like software that works as simple as that. CC'ed to TBOT -- Best regards, Alexander (http://www.neurowerx.de - ICQ 238153981) Dilbert's Words of Wisdom: There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives. Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[4]: Displaying HTML
I Vitalie, I was, obviously, simplifying the effort need. Nevertheless, software like FeedDeamon integrate with IE, for instance. Why not do something like that? In reply to mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : vv Hello Goncalo, vv Tuesday, February 14, 2006, 12:04:16 AM, you wrote: I simple check box and all the the appropriate code is all it takes. vv that's what *you* think of. vv in reality, you'll be pushed into supporting https and all the vv PKI-related mess, including certificates and their revocation. vv then, all sort of content: JavaScript, ActiveX, Java, Shockwave... vv then, ... vv the bottom line: why don't you people just link to the existing vv browser and let it do all this?. nice. which browser? IE? vv Mozilla/Firefox? Opera? Tomorrow's Next Big Fuzz? all of them? vv then, why don't you people just leave the user 2xClick and fire vv up whichever browser there is installed? -- Best regards, Goncalo Farias Air strikes are like sanctions with an attitude. Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Displaying HTML
In reply to mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : DAC On Tuesday, February 14, 2006, 1:16:36 PM, Alexander S. Kunz wrote: I'm using Foxit Reader for PDF. DAC Link? I didn't find anything like this at foxIT.com google for foxit Reader http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php -- Best regards, Goncalo Farias Ouch! ... Got my floppy caught in my PKZipper ... Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
Hello Stephane, On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:24:36 +0100 GMT (13/02/2006, 21:24 +0700 GMT), Stephane Bouvard [ML] wrote: SBM TB can display html, as today some people prefer to send html into SBM emails, and if those emails include pictures, TB can display those SBM pictures, but if those html emails contain some options spécific to a SBM browser and not a mail client, like http request, TB will not act like a SBM browser but allow you to open the mail in your choosed browser easily. Have you received HTML mails with some pictures attached and others not? Show me a way to display the mail in its completeness. Also kindly note that HTML mails (especially newsletters) are a fact, we cannot discuss them away. I would like my email client to display them completely, if I so choose. -- Cheers, Thomas. If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 3.70.06 Qigong (Beta) under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
Hi, ,- - [ Le dimanche 29 janvier 2006 vers 14:54 Thomas Fernandez écrivait: ] - - | TB! will not show those graphics to you. C It is a security feature. Beautiful! Thank you. :-) If I, as a responsible adult, want to download pictures into my received email, what would it hurt the other TB-users if I could? Nobody is forced to do that. There's no problem to see those pictures : just open the html part of the mail into your browser by double-clicking on the html icon displayed by TB. It's your choice, you are not forced to do, but you can. For me it's one of the great feature of TB : TB is a smtp/pop3/imap client, not an http client, i do not want to see my mail program doing http request. If i want to make http request, i use my browser, with every http settings defined in my browser that i cannot set in TB. TB can display html, as today some people prefer to send html into emails, and if those emails include pictures, TB can display those pictures, but if those html emails contain some options spécific to a browser and not a mail client, like http request, TB will not act like a browser but allow you to open the mail in your choosed browser easily. | `- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Best regards... _ (_' L'informatique est ma passion, vous la simplifier, mon métier ! ,_)téphane Bouvard [antarex AT freenet DOT be] http://www.antarex.be Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Displaying HTML
In reply to mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : SBM There's no problem to see those pictures : just open the html SBM part of the mail into your browser by double-clicking on the html SBM icon displayed by TB. It's your choice, you are not forced to do, SBM but you can. If a person receives HTML email it's natural to see it INSIDE the email client. If I wanted to see my html emails in my browser I would stick into a web based email. SBM For me it's one of the great feature of TB : TB is a SBM smtp/pop3/imap client, not an http client, i do not want to see SBM my mail program doing http request. If i want to make http It's not your email client. If you want to see your html emails in your browser, you're free to do so but I would like to see my html emails inside my mail client, uncut. It's not like I'm forcing everybody to do so, I just don't want others to force me NOT to do it. I simple check box and all the the appropriate code is all it takes. If you prefer to see your html emails in the browser you just clear the checkbox otherwise you're able to see them inside the email client, rendered properly with everything included. -- Best regards, Goncalo Farias Loosen up, baby, I'm in love with you. Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
On Monday, February 13, 2006, 8:33:22 AM, Thomas Fernandez wrote: Also kindly note that HTML mails (especially newsletters) are a fact, we cannot discuss them away. I would like my email client to display them completely, if I so choose. it's ironic that our new IT consultants have branded me anti-microsoft because I prefer TB! to Outlook, and WordPerfect to Word, and a more complete file manager to Explore, but then I got chewed out for having Outlook set up with the reading pane open, because it would open an HTML message before I knew who sent it. -- Dwight A. Corrin 928 S Broadway Wichita KS 67211 316.303.1411 fax 316.265.7568 dcorrin at fastmail.fm Using IMAP with The Bat! 3.70.09 Qigong (Beta) on Windows XP version 5,1 Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Displaying HTML
Hello Group, On Monday, February 13, 2006, 10:20:33 PM, Dwight wrote: and a more complete file manager to Explore I've been looking for one for ages, PowerDesk is resource hungry and quirky. Any recommendations? -- Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[3]: Displaying HTML
Hello Jeff, Monday, February 13, 2006, 5:22:27 PM, you wrote: and a more complete file manager to Explore I've been looking for one for ages, PowerDesk is resource hungry and quirky. Any recommendations? Try xplorer2. Dual pane and free in the basic version. -- Stuartmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! v3.70.09 Qigong (Beta) on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4 Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
On Monday, February 13, 2006, 5:22:27 PM, Jeff Gaines wrote: and a more complete file manager to Explore I've been looking for one for ages, PowerDesk is resource hungry and quirky. Any recommendations? No. They were complaining specifically about my running powerdesk. I agree it is resource hungry and quirky. But when I asked them to show me another file manager which had file viewers, they showed me the thumbnails in explore. If you can read a pdf file in a thumbnail, you've got me beat. Quick View Plus was great with windows 95, and maybe 98, but the company who owns those viewers apparently just licenses them to others, including, I think, powerdesk. -- Dwight A. Corrin 928 S Broadway Wichita KS 67211 316.303.1411 fax 316.265.7568 dcorrin at fastmail.fm Using IMAP with The Bat! 3.70.07 Qigong (Beta) on Windows XP version 5,1 (Service Pack 2) Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
On Monday, February 13, 2006, 5:38:45 PM, Stuart Cuddy wrote: Try xplorer2. Dual pane and free in the basic version. link? -- Dwight A. Corrin 928 S Broadway Wichita KS 67211 316.303.1411 fax 316.265.7568 dcorrin at fastmail.fm Using IMAP with The Bat! 3.70.09 Qigong (Beta) on Windows XP version 5,1 (Service Pack 2) Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Displaying HTML
Hello Dwight, Monday, February 13, 2006, 6:49:20 PM, you wrote: Try xplorer2. Dual pane and free in the basic version. link? http://zabkat.com/ -- Best regards, Stuart mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
On Monday, February 13, 2006, 7:42:44 PM, Bat Tester wrote: Try xplorer2. Dual pane and free in the basic version. link? http://zabkat.com/ thanks. am I mistaken or are the only files which one can view graphics and html? I want to view PDF, word, wordperfect, excel, etc. moving to tbot, before it starts smelling fishy around here. -- Dwight A. Corrin 928 S Broadway Wichita KS 67211 316.303.1411 fax 316.265.7568 dcorrin at fastmail.fm Using IMAP with The Bat! 3.70.09 Qigong (Beta) on Windows XP version 5,1 (Service Pack 2) Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[3]: Displaying HTML
14 February 2006 - 07:07 Hello Jeff, Monday, February 13, 2006, 11:22:27 PM, you wrote: JG Hello Group, JG On Monday, February 13, 2006, 10:20:33 PM, Dwight wrote: JG Any recommendations? Directory Opus - http://www.gpsoft.com.au/ - 85 $AUS or about £36. It's TB! of file managers and then some! -- Best regards, William Flying with The Bat! Professional version 3.65.03 Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
Hello Elaine! On Sunday, January 29, 2006, 9:11 PM, you wrote: It is difficult because people are afraid that if you and I can download pictures from the internet, their mother's PC is in danger. That's the only reason for the anti-lobby. Do mothers use this program? I'm 70 and one of the few using it on some very large mailing lists. Neither young nor old seem to consider the program, many never heard of it, those who have, have no interest. I thought all the senior mothers/grandmothers/great-grandmothers were using OE, Netscape and Thunderbird. Excepting me and thee, Elaine? I'm 78 and therefore might qualify as Big Sister to most 8th decade seniors--although there are a few Brother Batties posting who were born in the 1920s even ahead of me. ;) Nice to see you again here, brief and cogent, as always. :) -- Best regards, Mary The Bat! 3.70.06 Qigong (Beta) on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 2 Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
Recently, ETM squawked : Neither young nor old seem to consider the program, many never heard of it, those who have, have no interest. Ah ... they not forward thinking. They run with the flock yet know not why And, best of all, they do not know the beauty of Moldavia ... -- Regards, Robert D. :flag-us-ky: Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
Hello Elaine, On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:11:42 -0500 GMT (30/01/2006, 10:11 +0700 GMT), ETM wrote: It is difficult because people are afraid that if you and I can download pictures from the internet, their mother's PC is in danger. That's the only reason for the anti-lobby. E Do mothers use this program? Yes: Mine. :-) E Neither young nor old seem to consider the program, many never E heard of it, those who have, have no interest. I thought all the E senior mothers/grandmothers/great-grandmothers were using OE, E Netscape and Thunderbird. g Well, Ritlabs are not going for the mass market. Whether there market and customer base is big enough for them to survive and grow, is for them to decide. -- Cheers, Thomas. 10. A computer program will always do what you tell it to do, but rarely what you want it to do. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 3.70.06 Qigong (Beta) under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
Hello Dwight, On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:43:47 -0600 GMT (26/01/2006, 05:43 +0700 GMT), Dwight A Corrin wrote: A simple button load remote images now, its visibility configurable, with an extra, again configurable, warning requester may be enough for the daily work. An option that would be set by default not to download pictures. DAC Just double clicking and opening in your browser of choice is DAC pretty straight forward, and there's no new code to screw up DAC either. Except, as already mentioned, if some images are sent with the message. -- Cheers, Thomas. The real question for 1988 is whether we're going to go forward to tomorrow or past to the--to the back! --V.P. Dan Quayle. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 3.70.06 Qigong (Beta) under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
Hello Chris, On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:21:24 -0600 GMT (25/01/2006, 05:21 +0700 GMT), Chris wrote: TB! will not show those graphics to you. C It is a security feature. Beautiful! Thank you. :-) Here is a new write-up: Yes, it is possible to go phishing when the option to download content from the web is enabled. However, in TB it will be set off by default. And if you view it in your browser, I'm not sure. If I, as a responsible adult, want to download pictures into my received email, what would it hurt the other TB-users if I could? Nobody is forced to do that. And if I do compromise my system, let it be my problem. I will not blame TB. Please allow me to decide for myself whether I want to see an HTML mail in all its glory. -- Cheers, Thomas. Things You Would Never Know Without the Movies: When foreigners are alone, they all prefer to speak English to each other. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 3.70.06 Qigong (Beta) under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
RE: Displaying HTML
Hello Thomas, Sunday, January 29, 2006, 2:54:00 PM, you wrote: Yes, it is possible to go phishing when the option to download content from the web is enabled. However, in TB it will be set off by default. And if you view it in your browser, I'm not sure. If I, as a responsible adult, want to download pictures into my received email, what would it hurt the other TB-users if I could? Nobody is forced to do that. And if I do compromise my system, let it be my problem. I will not blame TB. Please allow me to decide for myself whether I want to see an HTML mail in all its glory. *sigh* you are so right, and also very patient. -- Best regards, Jürgen :eu-flag3: :de-bw: :safaribears: In Europe you have watches but in Africa we have time Using The Bat! v3.65.04 Opera v8.51.7712 on WinXP Home v2600 SP2 * PGP key available on request: send mail with subject PGP key request pgpxowJnN2jAg.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
Hello Jurgen, On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 15:09:30 +0100 GMT (29/01/2006, 21:09 +0700 GMT), Jurgen Haug wrote: If I, as a responsible adult, want to download pictures into my received email, what would it hurt the other TB-users if I could? Nobody is forced to do that. JH *sigh* you are so right, and also very patient. Steter Tropfen hoehlt den Stein. ;-) -- Cheers, Thomas. A lot of money is tainted. It taint yours and it taint mine. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 3.70.06 Qigong (Beta) under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
Hello Thomas, Sunday, January 29, 2006, 2:54:00 PM, you wrote: TF If I, as a responsible adult, want to download pictures into my TF received email, what would it hurt the other TB-users if I could? TF Nobody is forced to do that. TF And if I do compromise my system, let it be my problem. I will not TF blame TB. Please allow me to decide for myself whether I want to see TF an HTML mail in all its glory. Aren't there any programmers that are able to provide us with a plug-in so that we can get rid of this debate. Perhaps Antis won't object to that and we finally can leave the click-click behind. But perhaps I (not being a programmer) do not see why this would be impossible/too difficult. -- Best Wishes, Mark using The Bat! 3.70.06 Qigong (Beta) Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
Hello Mark, On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 17:23:19 +0100 GMT (29/01/2006, 23:23 +0700 GMT), Mark Partous wrote: MP Aren't there any programmers that are able to provide us with a plug-in so MP that we can get rid of this debate. Perhaps Antis won't object to that MP and we finally can leave the click-click behind. That would be a good idea. MP But perhaps I (not being a programmer) do not see why this would be MP impossible/too difficult. It is difficult because people are afraid that if you and I can download pictures from the internet, their mother's PC is in danger. That's the only reason for the anti-lobby. -- Cheers, Thomas. I shall always decide not to decide, unless of course I decide to change my mind. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 3.70.06 Qigong (Beta) under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
It is difficult because people are afraid that if you and I can download pictures from the internet, their mother's PC is in danger. That's the only reason for the anti-lobby. Do mothers use this program? I'm 70 and one of the few using it on some very large mailing lists. Neither young nor old seem to consider the program, many never heard of it, those who have, have no interest. I thought all the senior mothers/grandmothers/great-grandmothers were using OE, Netscape and Thunderbird. -- Elaine Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Displaying HTML
Thursday, January 26, 2006, 9:43:47 AM, you wrote: Just double clicking and opening in your browser of choice is pretty straight forward, and there's no new code to screw up either. Sorry, this is slighly OT Does it matter from a security point of view how I configure TB with respect to plain text / html? To be precise - is it safer to set it to plain text only or does it not matter due to the design of TB? -- Tom using TB 3.65.03 on XP Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
Hallo Tom, On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:21:04 +1100GMT (26-1-2006, 11:21 +0100, where I live), you wrote: TL Does it matter from a security point of view how I configure TB with TL respect to plain text / html? To be precise - is it safer to set it TL to plain text only or does it not matter due to the design of TB? It doesn't matter. -- Groetjes, Roelof I'd Have Written Sooner But I Thought I Owed You Money. The Bat! 3.70.03 Qigong (Beta) Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 1 pop3 account, server on LAN OTFE enabled P4 3GHz 2 GB RAM pgpLccAlGlEPH.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
Hello Dwight A Corrin everyone else, on 25-Jan-2006 at 23:43 you (Dwight A Corrin) wrote: A simple button load remote images now, its visibility configurable, with an extra, again configurable, warning requester may be enough for the daily work. Just double clicking and opening in your browser of choice is pretty straight forward, and there's no new code to screw up either. Does not compute when you have both attached and remote images in a message... (the standard objection in discussing that topic) -- Best regards, Alexander (http://www.neurowerx.de - ICQ 238153981) My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. -- Albert Einstein Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:21:24 -0600, Chris wrote: HOWEVER, a whitelist would be nice. For example, I could configure The Bat! to download images from Amazon's server, my bank's server, and my own server, but no others. See this feature request: https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/view.php?id=1780 I noticed when trying out TBird that it has a Show Images button. Seems to fit the bill for me. -- Best regards Barry barryh'at'kentra'dot'co'dot'uk Using TheBat! version 3.65.03 and AGAVA 2.1.6 Release Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
Hello Chris everyone else, on 24-Jan-2006 at 23:21 you (Chris) wrote: HOWEVER, a whitelist would be nice. Actually, I don't think so. The current flood of phishing mails all come from a valid real bank account email address like @postbank.de or something. A whitelist will automate the security hole. E-Mail addresses can be faked way to easily, a whitelist is not a good solution for this problem. -- Best regards, Alexander (http://www.neurowerx.de - ICQ 238153981) Young's Law: All inanimate objects can move just enough to get in your way. Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
Alexander S. Kunz @ 1/25/2006 5:41:54 AM Displaying HTML mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] HOWEVER, a whitelist would be nice. Actually, I don't think so. The current flood of phishing mails all come from a valid real bank account email address like @postbank.de or something. A whitelist will automate the security hole. E-Mail addresses can be faked way to easily, a whitelist is not a good solution for this problem. Perhaps I did not express myself clearly. I whitelist of servers from which it is safe to download certain kinds of content would be nice (not a whitelist of senders). Although, it one whitelisted PayPal, phishing schemes that refer to the PayPal site directly would look more legitimate. And there is always DNS poisoning... -- Chris Quoting when replying to this message is good for you and me. Using The Bat! v3.65.03 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2. Accessing a POP3 mailbox. I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it. pgpJagEYvR9xJ.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
Hello Chris everyone else, on 25-Jan-2006 at 22:41 you (Chris) wrote: Perhaps I did not express myself clearly. I whitelist of servers from which it is safe to download certain kinds of content would be nice (not a whitelist of senders). Although, it one whitelisted PayPal, phishing schemes that refer to the PayPal site directly would look more legitimate. And there is always DNS poisoning... OK, I see. However, I think it may be more of a pro task to actually whitelist the servers - I'm thinking of those legitimate newsletters that are spread through a specialised-in-newsletters provider, etc. A simple button load remote images now, its visibility configurable, with an extra, again configurable, warning requester may be enough for the daily work. -- Best regards, Alexander (http://www.neurowerx.de - ICQ 238153981) Deliplayer2 is playing: Green Sun Prismatic Sky (17:48) by Ishvara from the 2005 album 'Magik Square of the Sun' Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
On Wednesday, January 25, 2006, 4:01:35 PM, Alexander S. Kunz wrote: A simple button load remote images now, its visibility configurable, with an extra, again configurable, warning requester may be enough for the daily work. Just double clicking and opening in your browser of choice is pretty straight forward, and there's no new code to screw up either. -- Dwight A. Corrin 928 S Broadway Wichita KS 67211 316.303.1411 fax 316.265.7568 dcorrin at fastmail.fm Using IMAP with The Bat! 3.70.03 Qigong (Beta) on Windows XP version 5,1 (Service Pack 2) Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
RE: Displaying HTML
Hello Jack, Tuesday, January 24, 2006, 12:53:06 PM, you wrote: Hello one and all, Is there a way to get TB! to display the graphics in an HTML email without having to launch a browser? Empty boxes with little red X's in them don't convey a lot of information. welcome to the club of those poor people that try to use emails as they are used today, not as someone thought them up 10 years ago... TB! will not show those graphics to you. -- Best regards, Jürgen :eu-flag3: :de-bw: :safaribears: The only thing, where men quarrel who has the smaller, is the mobile phone. Using The Bat! v3.65.04 Opera v8.51.7712 on WinXP Home v2600 SP2 * PGP key available on request: send mail with subject PGP key request pgpaJ5iKkh31h.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
Hallo Jack, On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 05:53:06 -0600GMT (24-1-2006, 12:53 +0100, where I live), you wrote: JSL Is there a way to get TB! to display the graphics in an HTML email JSL without having to launch a browser? TB will show the messages as long as they're sent along as attachment. However, TB won't display them when only a link to the picture somewhere on the internet is included. TB is simply not suited as a browser, can't be helped. So you'll have to make do with those red X's. -- Groetjes, Roelof Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody is looking The Bat! 3.65.04 Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 1 pop3 account, server on LAN OTFE enabled P4 3GHz 2 GB RAM pgpO6MmBZ1MTE.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Displaying HTML
Jurgen Haug @ 1/24/2006 10:23:53 AM Displaying HTML mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TB! will not show those graphics to you. It is a security feature. In malicious e-mail messages, the images could be coded like this img src=http://example.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] / Then, simply by opening the message, the send would know that [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a valid e-mail address. HOWEVER, a whitelist would be nice. For example, I could configure The Bat! to download images from Amazon's server, my bank's server, and my own server, but no others. See this feature request: https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/view.php?id=1780 -- Chris Quoting when replying to this message is good for you and me. Using The Bat! v3.65.03 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2. Accessing a POP3 mailbox. I like your game but we have to change the rules. pgpIEcDPsKzeo.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 3.65.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Displaying HTML mail (to what version and does it include css)?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello All, What versions of HTML will be displayed correctly when receiving an html mail? Looking at some mails it does not support css. Is that correct? - -- Cheers, Edgar Communicating with TB! v2.02 CE, Windows 2000 5.0.2195 - From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his aspirates. From the point of view of life, he is a reporter who knows vulgarity better than any one has ever known it. - Oscar Wilde To request my public key select this url: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (MingW32) iD8DBQE/4LdtT0+0QTJZ1GkRApRKAKDKEXI8NVXMvONCk8Av4o/pOd1naQCgrHUJ Qs9WcKQNTn5MGDYl8NTRK/s= =+vIq -END PGP SIGNATURE- Current version is 2.02.3 CE | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Displaying HTML pages
Hello TBUDL, I noticed that TB sets a gray background when displaying messages in HTML format. This doesn't happen however with other e-mail clients. Any way to get rid of this? -- Greetings, Marco [EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! 1.44 under Windows 98 4.10 Build 1998 -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
