Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-25 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Leif Gregory everyone else, on 23-Okt-2005 at 20:00 you (Leif Gregory) wrote: Wow.. You check them all? I guess I could see if you really check every single message for PGP authenticity. Erm... Leif... I really want you to moderate yourself for replying in a DH'ed thread, now. ;-) --

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-24 Thread Leif Gregory
Hello Curtis, Saturday, October 22, 2005, 3:58:26 PM, you wrote: BTW, it was so cool to have ThunderBird autocheck PGP signatures. But hey, it's just a tinsy winsy click on an icon in TB!. I wonder then why I rarely do that little click action. It's so darned *annoying* having to

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-22 Thread Curtis
On 20/10/2005 at 3:30:17 PM [GMT -0500], Leif Gregory wrote: If I want to see it, it's just a single double-click away. I find this the weakest argument. It's a huge problem when it's a repetitive action. You double click and the browser may or may not come to the forefront. If it doesn't come

Re: Mod: DEAD HORSE (was: Offsite Images)

2005-10-22 Thread Curtis
On 21/10/2005 at 9:47:55 AM [GMT -0500], Leif Gregory wrote: I'm deadhorsing the issue, I should have read the entire thread before jumping in. My apologies for having erred. :notworthy: -- -= Curtis =- The Bat!™ v3.61.12 Echo (Beta) / http://specs.aimlink.name PGPKey:

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread James Senick
Hello Leif, On Thu, 20 Oct 2005, at 10:10:02 [GMT -0600] (which was 12:10:02 PM in NY, USA) Leif Gregory wrote: Hello Michael, Thursday, October 20, 2005, 9:49:40 AM, you wrote: John Doe Users don't even know that TheBat! exists! TheBat! is an email-client for experienced users who search

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Stuart Hemming
Security Dad: Documentation is a security risk. ROFL -- Stuart Hemming Using The Bat! v3.61.13 Echo (Beta) on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 Aided by BayesIt! 0.8.4, MyGate v1.0, rss2pop3 v1.2, SpamPal v1.70, MyMacros 1.11a. Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread James Senick
Hello Leif, On Thu, 20 Oct 2005, at 12:13:25 [GMT -0600] (which was 2:13:25 PM in NY, USA) Leif Gregory wrote: Be a part of the solution. 1. When a message comes in that contains outside images it should be checked against a whitelist. snip 2. Do we only accept file references to an

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Michael Schneider
Hi James, On Friday, October 21, 2005, 3:39:40 PM: What about a message pane toggle that is off by default for every message. Once the user confirms that they want to take the risk, the click the toggle. They could also click OK on a warning alert. The resulting message opens in a tab like

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello rmorris, On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:48:42 -0500 GMT (21/10/2005, 11:48 +0700 GMT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: rrgc If I wanted outlook,opera,firefox,the Becky,pegaus I would have them rrgc as my sole e-mail client. I want THE BAT! to first and foremost to be rrgc secure=sure you give a little up

OT: Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Leif Gregory
Hello James, Friday, October 21, 2005, 7:16:06 AM, you wrote: Personally, I wouldn't recommend TB to someone who I felt needed to be protected from all the Internet baddies they didn't understand. If they cannot understand the threats, how can they understand TB? Internet 101 before Internet

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Paul Van Noord
10/21/2005 10:03 AM Hi James, On 10/21/2005 James Senick wrote: JS If 99% of the world JS didn't use crap like OE, perhaps those companies would learn to JS write. How true! People live up to what is expected. Quality improves when the bar is raised...not lowered. I appreciate your input. --

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Paul Van Noord
10/21/2005 10:10 AM Hi James, On 10/21/2005 James Senick wrote: JS What about a message pane toggle that is off by default for JS every message. Once the user confirms that they want to take the JS risk, the click the toggle. They could also click OK on a JS warning alert. The resulting

Re[3]: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Paul Van Noord
10/21/2005 10:06 AM Hi rmorris, On 10/21/2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: rrgc If I wanted outlook,opera,firefox,the Becky,pegaus I would have them rrgc as my sole e-mail client. I want THE BAT! to first and foremost to be rrgc secure=sure you give a little up but the piece of mind that comes

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Michael Schneider
Hi Paul, On Friday, October 21, 2005, 4:14:42 PM: What about the other features of TheBat! ? To show how silly your way of arguing is: You can have this feature right now: Yeah. You can have the feature of a perfect and secure eMailClient. Just like you want it - right out of the 80s. Try

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread MAU
Hello Paul, http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/E-mail/E-mail-Clients/Foxmail.shtml Interesting to see the bottom of that page (MOST POPULAR DOWNLOADS IN THIS CATEGORY ( E-mail Clients )), where TB is third just behind OE and Thunderbird, both of them freeware :) -- Best regards, Miguel A.

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Leif Gregory
for offsite images being displayed and feel they don't need to be protected by what amounts to annoyances. Imagine if TB simply blocked all attachments from being opened directly...one just has to jump through a few hoops to get screwed. Same here. It does (well, not all). Ever tried to open a .PIF

Re: OT: Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread James Senick
Hello Leif, On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, at 08:11:12 [GMT -0600] (which was 10:11:12 AM in NY, USA) Leif Gregory wrote: Friday, October 21, 2005, 7:16:06 AM, you wrote: Personally, I wouldn't recommend TB to someone who I felt needed to be protected from all the Internet baddies they didn't

Mod: DEAD HORSE (was: Offsite Images)

2005-10-21 Thread Leif Gregory
the opposition won't feel like I'm deadhorsing them because I don't want to hear their comments. We'll all just have to agree to disagree and see what RITLabs decides to do with it because regardless of how loudly we each howl, they'll have the final say. This deadhorse applies to the entire Offsite

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Paul Van Noord
10/21/2005 10:47 AM Hi Michael, On 10/21/2005 Michael Schneider wrote: MS you see? I do seeI'm not sure about you... -- Take Care, Paul The Bat! v.3.61.09 Echo (Beta) on Win2k SP4-Rollup1 5.0.2195 Current beta is 3.61.13

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread James Senick
Hello Paul, On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, at 10:14:42 [GMT -0400] (which was 10:14:42 AM in NY, USA) Paul Van Noord wrote: JS The resulting message opens in a tab like the JS TXT, HTML tabs there are now. Moving to another message toggles JS back to default. You can have this feature right now:

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Michael Schneider
Hi Paul, Am Friday, October 21, 2005, 4:49:18 PM, schriebst du: I do seeI'm not sure about you... Then you're not sure about yourself. I just used your line of arguments ;) Michael -- Jabber [EMAIL PROTECTED] - OpenPGP 0xE59FD50D TheBat! 3.61.13 Echo (Beta) - Windows XP (Service Pack 2

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Mary Bull
Hello MAU! On Friday, October 21, 2005, 9:33 AM, you wrote: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/E-mail/E-mail-Clients/Foxmail.shtml Interesting to see the bottom of that page (MOST POPULAR DOWNLOADS IN THIS CATEGORY ( E-mail Clients )), where TB is third just behind OE and Thunderbird,

Re: Mod: DEAD HORSE (was: Offsite Images)

2005-10-21 Thread Tony Boom
Hello Leif, A reminder of what Leif Gregory on TBBETA typed on: Friday, October 21, 2005 at 08:47:55 GMT -0600 I'm deadhorsing the issue, Thank you so much! The terms Paint dry and Grass grow were gradually becoming more appealing. -- Tony. Using The Bat! v3.61.13 Echo (Beta) on a G5

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Sebastian Murawski everyone else, on 20-Okt-2005 at 22:25 you (Sebastian Murawski) wrote: I noticed that Thunderbird has a ice feature that I cannot (but would like to) find in TB: When an HTML email is displayed that contains graphics from EXTERNAL locations (i.e. they

Re: Mod: DEAD HORSE (was: Offsite Images)

2005-10-21 Thread Mary Bull
Hello Leif! On Friday, October 21, 2005, 9:47 AM, you wrote: This deadhorse applies to the entire Offsite Images threads. We can take it to TBOT though. I want to apologize. I replied to MAU's comments on this thread before Comcast offered me your message DeadHorsing the discussion. Just

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Paul Van Noord everyone else, on 20-Okt-2005 at 20:02 you (Paul Van Noord) wrote: Please do not tamper with one of the significant positives of the TB for the sake of convenience or pleasure. SH FFS, it's a tool! It is /supposed/ to be convenient! At what price I'll file

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Paul Van Noord
10/21/2005 11:17 AM Hi Alexander, It is sad to lose my respect for you, especially in this manner. Someday I hope you are afforded the opportunity to work with many people from different cultures in many parts of the world, especially those whose very life is threatened by the insecurity of

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Leif Gregory everyone else, on 20-Okt-2005 at 22:30 you (Leif Gregory) wrote: A double-click, two quick clicks and you have the ability to see the HTML message in all its blazing glory. There is no way to show an HTML message in all its blazing glory if such a message contains both

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Stuart Hemming
TB should not download messages at all. This function is already there; just enable IMAP. This is the most secure email client ever. No, wait! It shouldn't even START! Thats much better. This was a standard feature a while back, they took it out! -- Stuart Hemming Using The Bat! v3.61.13

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Stuart Hemming
It is sad to lose my respect for you, especially in this manner. Someday I hope you are afforded the opportunity to work with many people from different cultures in many parts of the world, especially those whose very life is threatened by the insecurity of email communication yet are in a

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Michael Schneider everyone else, on 21-Okt-2005 at 15:45 you (Michael Schneider) wrote: That's the idea we are talking about. At least that's what I want. If thats the case, don't sign the wish for a whitelist. :) The only way an address based whitelist can be made secure is by the

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Hendrik Oesterlin everyone else, on 20-Okt-2005 at 23:22 you (Hendrik Oesterlin) wrote: The one who needs remote images displayed can just click on the html attachement and the images are loaded by an application specialised in managing this. For the n-th time: NO! You can view an

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Paul Van Noord everyone else, on 21-Okt-2005 at 17:21 you (Paul Van Noord) wrote: It is sad to lose my respect for you, especially in this manner. Dito. Someday I hope you are afforded the opportunity to work with many people from different cultures in many parts of the world,

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Leif Gregory everyone else, on 21-Okt-2005 at 16:43 you (Leif Gregory) wrote: There wasn't proof of security. The weak link was my server and if it would serve up automatic downloads that were not roguemoticons or smileys. Any PGP key server could be compromised to download malware

Mod: DEAD HORSE (was: Offsite Images)

2005-10-21 Thread Leif Gregory
Hello Alexander, Friday, October 21, 2005, 10:12:30 AM, you wrote: Dito. Again, this thread has already been deadhorsed. Take it offline or to TBOT where a thread has already started under the same subject line. moderator Note: This moderator's interjection is a note to all

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Michael Schneider
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alexander S. Kunz wrote: If thats the case, don't sign the wish for a whitelist. :) Ah, that's splittings hairs :-D Any possibility to view remote images if I want to would be a step forward. Clicking on a button for each message or draging the

Re: Mod: DEAD HORSE (was: Offsite Images)

2005-10-21 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Leif Gregory everyone else, on 21-Okt-2005 at 18:27 you (Leif Gregory) wrote: Dito. Again, this thread has already been deadhorsed. Take it offline or to TBOT where a thread has already started under the same subject line. Please allow a little grace period between modding and

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Sebastian Murawski
Hello TheBat Beta List Members!!! Someday, and that was in Friday evening, Alexander wrote something like this: Author: Konrad Szkudlarczyk Anyone cares to explain what these filters really do? I don't speak regex. :) I think that you speak German so try to read this:

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-21 Thread Hendrik Oesterlin
Alexander S. Kunz wrote on 22/10/2005 at 03:08:40 +1100 subject Offsite Images : Hello Hendrik Oesterlin everyone else, on 20-Okt-2005 at 23:22 you (Hendrik Oesterlin) wrote: The one who needs remote images displayed can just click on the html attachement and the images are loaded

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Steven, On Thu, 6 Oct 2005 09:49:35 -0400 GMT (06/10/2005, 20:49 +0700 GMT), Steven P Valliere wrote: SPV I noticed that Thunderbird has a ice feature that I SPV cannot (but would like to) find in TB: When an HTML SPV email is displayed that contains graphics from EXTERNAL SPV locations

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Stuart Hemming
Please support it. Done -- Stuart Hemming Using The Bat! v3.61.13 Echo (Beta) on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 Aided by BayesIt! 0.8.4, MyGate v1.0, rss2pop3 v1.2, SpamPal v1.70, MyMacros 1.11a. In a democracy your vote counts. In feudalism your Count votes. pgpact9QzuwGq.pgp

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Michael Schneider
Hi Thomas, On Thursday, October 20, 2005, 3:00:15 PM: It's a long-standing wish to have the option of downloading pictures (default would be off): http://www.ritlabs.com/bt/view.php?id=1780 Oh ... there were many heated debates on German boards and mailing-lists about this topic. And I got

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Vili
. I write an email using some well-known email address as sender. Using offsite images, I put a just-for-you link to a picture. You check the offsite image. Bam. I know that your email is alive. And I start to flood you... If someone want to die, he/she can click on the HTML and open

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Michael Schneider
Hi Vili, On Thursday, October 20, 2005, 3:52:36 PM: Just to give you a hint: Let's say I am a smart spammer. I write an email using some well-known email address as sender. Using offsite images, I put a just-for-you link to a picture. You check the offsite image. Bam. I know

Re[3]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Paul Van Noord
and check V every offsite picture. And they would blame TB! after that... You V said, it is a safe client... V For people, who needs to see offsite images: click on the HTML V attach... V Believe me: we at the list at least KNOW what we do. 99% of the users V DONT... We have to keep this in mind

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Paul Van Noord
10/20/2005 10:13 AM Hi Michael, On 10/20/2005 Michael Schneider wrote: MS There's no difference between opening the image via webbrowser and MS opening the image within the eMail-Client. There is a difference. A conscious effort must be made which provokes thought. -- Take Care, Paul The

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Michael Schneider
Hi Paul, Am Thursday, October 20, 2005, 4:15:16 PM, schriebst du: There is a difference. A conscious effort must be made which provokes thought. As you surely have read, the suggestion is _not_ to activate image downloading globally or as default but to let the user decide. So you see. No

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Vili
Hello Michael, Just to give you a hint: Let's say I am a smart spammer. I write an email using some well-known email address as sender. Using offsite images, I put a just-for-you link to a picture. You check the offsite image. Bam. I know that your email is alive. And I start

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Stuart Hemming
to turn on that offsite image checker and check every offsite picture. I really doubt that. How many people sitting around you now are running Windows with all the default options on? For people, who needs to see offsite images: click on the HTML attach... WTF is the difference between this and having

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Stuart Hemming
So, the same apply for TB! opening spammer images. In the name of the gods ... -- Stuart Hemming Using The Bat! v3.61.13 Echo (Beta) on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 Aided by BayesIt! 0.8.4, MyGate v1.0, rss2pop3 v1.2, SpamPal v1.70, MyMacros 1.11a. It's been a rough day. I got

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Stuart Hemming
There is a difference. A conscious effort must be made which provokes thought. And I /regularly and often/ have to make a conscious effort not to swear aloud that the mail software that refuses to let /me/ work the way that I want to. -- Stuart Hemming Using The Bat! v3.61.13 Echo (Beta) on

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Paul Van Noord
10/20/2005 10:46 AM Hi Michael, On 10/20/2005 Michael Schneider wrote: MS As you surely have read, the suggestion is _not_ to activate image MS downloading globally or as default but to let the user decide. Too many users do not understand the ramifications of their choices and opt for the

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Paul Van Noord
10/20/2005 10:54 AM Hi Stuart, On 10/20/2005 Stuart Hemming wrote: There is a difference. A conscious effort must be made which provokes thought. SH And I /regularly and often/ have to make a conscious effort not to SH swear aloud that the mail software that refuses to let /me/ work the SH

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Michael Schneider
Hi Paul, Am Thursday, October 20, 2005, 4:52:55 PM, schriebst du: Too many users do not understand the ramifications of their choices and opt for the eye-candy because it make them feel good until it causes a problem. Then they call me to bail them out. I have never had to bail a TB user!!

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Peter Hofman
- use another client if you want something like that or - get lost Well, if RL don't mind loosing paying customers, I might just do that. It looks like the hard-core does not want the option and all the others can do whatever they like, but won't get what they like in The Bat! For me the

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Vili
Hello Stuart, First thing would be for 99% of them to turn on that offsite image checker and check every offsite picture. I really doubt that. How many people sitting around you now are running Windows with all the default options on? None... These guys are IQ 150 and above. I am talking IG

Re[3]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Vili
Hello Paul, If you want this, there are many places for you to go get it. Please do not tamper with one of the significant positives of the TB for the sake of convenience or pleasure. Well said. Stuart: believe us, we understand you. But believe it or not, this small inconvenience for

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Michael Schneider
Hi Vili, On Thursday, October 20, 2005, 5:33:21 PM: If you want this, there are many places for you to go get it. Please do not tamper with one of the significant positives of the TB for the sake of convenience or pleasure. Well said. If it's well said to tell customers to grab their money

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Vili
Hello Michael, If you want this, there are many places for you to go get it. Please do not tamper with one of the significant positives of the TB for the sake of convenience or pleasure. It's always a pleasure to see that there are some people thinking, they can decide how I have to handle

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Michael Schneider
Hi Vili, Am Thursday, October 20, 2005, 5:37:32 PM, schreibst du: Same applies for TB!. Just please believe me: 90% of the users are DUMB for computers like hell... They are not dumb in life. But PC does not fill their life, as fills people's at this list, they are kind people, etc.

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Vili everyone else, on 20-Okt-2005 at 16:28 you (Vili) wrote: I dont argue with this statement. All I am saying is, that blaming IE or blaming TB! DOES make a difference... What if I open the message with Opera? Seeking who's to blame on the program side is wrong. The problem is

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Paul Van Noord everyone else, on 20-Okt-2005 at 16:15 you (Paul Van Noord) wrote: MS There's no difference between opening the image via webbrowser and MS opening the image within the eMail-Client. There is a difference. A conscious effort must be made which provokes thought. Like

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Paul Van Noord
10/20/2005 11:53 AM Hi Alexander, On 10/20/2005 Alexander S. Kunz wrote: ASK Hello Paul Van Noord everyone else, ASK on 20-Okt-2005 at 16:15 you (Paul Van Noord) wrote: MS There's no difference between opening the image via webbrowser and MS opening the image within the eMail-Client.

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Paul Van Noord
10/20/2005 11:55 AM Hi Alexander, On 10/20/2005 Alexander S. Kunz wrote: ASK Hello Vili everyone else, ASK on 20-Okt-2005 at 16:28 you (Vili) wrote: I dont argue with this statement. All I am saying is, that blaming IE or blaming TB! DOES make a difference... ASK What if I open the

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Michael Schneider everyone else, on 20-Okt-2005 at 17:49 you (Michael Schneider) wrote: Sorry, but that's nonsense. We are talking about an experienced eMail-Client for experienced users. I am not so sure about that. A lot of newbie question are posted on TBUDL. If you think your

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Michael Schneider
Hi Alexander, Am Thursday, October 20, 2005, 6:00:01 PM, schriebst du: I am not so sure about that. A lot of newbie question are posted on TBUDL. If you think your grandma can't handle TB, it will be like that. If you just go and tell her use this, it'll probably work. Well if a normal user

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Leif Gregory
Hello Michael, Thursday, October 20, 2005, 9:37:19 AM, you wrote: If it's well said to tell customers to grab their money and take it away to other companies... just because /you/ think in other ways and argue with anchorless arguments? Don't know if this is the right way for Ritlabs.

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Paul Van Noord everyone else, on 20-Okt-2005 at 17:57 you (Paul Van Noord) wrote: ASK The REAL problem is that if a legitimate message contains both ASK embedded and remote images, you can't view the message correctly ASK EITHER WAY. I can see the local images in TB, I can see the remote

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Leif Gregory
Hello Michael, Thursday, October 20, 2005, 9:49:40 AM, you wrote: John Doe Users don't even know that TheBat! exists! TheBat! is an email-client for experienced users who search for it and buy a licence being conscious about its functions and features. That would be a very incorrect

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Tony Boom
Hello Vili, A reminder of what Vili on TBBETA typed on: Thursday, October 20, 2005 at 09:52:36 GMT -0400 Using offsite images, I put a just-for-you link to a picture. You check the offsite image. Bam. I know that your email is alive. And I start to flood you... He's talking

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Michael Schneider
Hi Leif, Am Thursday, October 20, 2005, 6:10:02 PM, schriebst du: That would be a very incorrect statement. Mary Bull... Front and center please. Mary came to TB with very little knowledge of how e-mail and the internet worked. Mary isn't the only one. There are quite a few (see TBUDL). And

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Alexander S. Kunz
Hello Paul Van Noord everyone else, on 20-Okt-2005 at 17:55 you (Paul Van Noord) wrote: ASK Like clicking on a Show remote images button, and clicking on Yes ASK when the Are you really sure security warning pops up. I have seen way too many people never read a warning and just click for

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Michael Schneider
Hi Leif, thunderbird has to be most insecure eMail-Client on the world if someone is reading your message. Michael -- Jabber [EMAIL PROTECTED] - OpenPGP 0xE59FD50D TheBat! 3.61.13 Echo (Beta) - Windows XP (Service Pack 2 Build 2600) Neues in Sachen Virenschutz: Das Festplattenkondom!

Re[3]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Leif Gregory
Hello Paul, Thursday, October 20, 2005, 9:55:45 AM, you wrote: I have seen way too many people never read a warning and just click for what they want. You have to experience it to believe it. They do pay more attention if another application opens. Yeah, five years as a network administrator

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Dwight A Corrin
On Thursday, October 20, 2005, 11:12:06 AM, Tony Boom wrote: He's talking about attached images, not links to images. For example if I send you a photo of my new born salt water alligator the image should appear in line about here

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Tony Boom
Hello Stuart, A reminder of what Stuart Hemming on TBBETA typed on: Thursday, October 20, 2005 at 15:47:27 GMT +0100 I don't give a money's, if I want to turn it on, I should be allowed to. Forgive me for correcting you but it's Monkeys. As in I don't give a monkeys Uncle but then I

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Stuart Hemming
You missed the obvious, go elsewhere...quickly! But I've paid for this. I want it to work sensibly. -- Stuart Hemming Using The Bat! v3.61.13 Echo (Beta) on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 Aided by BayesIt! 0.8.4, MyGate v1.0, rss2pop3 v1.2, SpamPal v1.70, MyMacros 1.11a. Never lick

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Stuart Hemming
Please do not tamper with one of the significant positives of the TB for the sake of convenience or pleasure. FFS, it's a tool! It is /supposed/ to be convenient! -- Stuart Hemming Using The Bat! v3.61.13 Echo (Beta) on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 Aided by BayesIt! 0.8.4, MyGate

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Leif Gregory
Hello Michael, Thursday, October 20, 2005, 10:13:39 AM, you wrote: Go to a John Doe userboard on the internet and ask them about the eMail-Clients they know. If 5% answer TheBat! it would be great. So let's say we've got even less... How about .05% of the internet population (900 million or

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Leif Gregory
Hello Michael, Thursday, October 20, 2005, 10:06:07 AM, you wrote: Well if a normal user got to TheBat! from someone who is used to it and got it installed and configured by this person, it's up to this person to assure the client is working securely. IMHO So by promoting a secure client to

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Leif Gregory
Hello Michael, Thursday, October 20, 2005, 10:14:05 AM, you wrote: thunderbird has to be most insecure eMail-Client on the world if someone is reading your message. Ummm, because it was plain-text, because I didn't href any images, because Thunderbird performs the most basic functionality of

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Tony Boom
Hello Dwight, A reminder of what Dwight A Corrin on TBBETA typed on: Thursday, October 20, 2005 at 11:29:44 GMT -0500 don't know due to what settings, but images show up here as a separate tab. just click on the tab, and there is the image. Exactly the opposite of what I'd like to happen.

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Michael Schneider
Hi Leif, Am Thursday, October 20, 2005, 6:43:39 PM, schriebst du: thunderbird has to be most insecure eMail-Client on the world if someone is reading your message. Ummm, because it was plain-text, because I didn't href any images, because Thunderbird performs the most basic functionality of

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Mary Bull
Hello Leif! On Thursday, October 20, 2005, 11:10 AM, you wrote: John Doe Users don't even know that TheBat! exists! TheBat! is an email-client for experienced users who search for it and buy a licence being conscious about its functions and features. This wasn't true for me. I was pointed to

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Michael Schneider
Hi Leif, it's nice that you want to teach me. Really. But I don't need new teachers or preachers for the one and only religion. There are more than enough evangelists out there. There are more than enough wars out there about what OS is the best or about which office suite. I don't need another

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Leif Gregory
Hello Michael, Thursday, October 20, 2005, 10:58:34 AM, you wrote: No, because it displays remote images if I want it. http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#Thunderbird Specifically... http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-11.html You must have

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Michael Schneider
Hi Leif, On October 20, 2005, 7:21:56 PM: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#Thunderbird These are bugs. Bugs can always happen. And these are *fixed* bugs. As I told in my other mail, if you want to hunt all *possible* security holes down, you have to shut

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Vili
Hello Michael, If you want this, there are many places for you to go get it. Please do not tamper with one of the significant positives of the TB for the sake of convenience or pleasure. Well said. If it's well said to tell customers to grab their money and take it away to other

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Vili
Hello Michael, Sorry, but that's nonsense. We are talking about an experienced eMail-Client for experienced users. No. I sold it to even pharma companies where they have users who does not read, does not think, just click... -- Vili

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Mike Rourke
Michael Schneider wrote: because Thunderbird performs the most basic functionality of an e-mail client which is to display my plaintext e-mail per RFC-822 No, because it displays remote images if I want it. Yes, and my car can go up on the sidewalk if I want it. Not the cars fault,

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Michael Schneider
Hi Mike, On Thursday, October 20, 2005, 7:49:01 PM: Yes, and my car can go up on the sidewalk if I want it. Not the cars fault, just the loose nut behind the wheel. Allowing images to be viewed in TheBat! makes TB! no less secure. Again, it is the loose nut behind the keyboard. That's the

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Vili
Hello Tony, don't know due to what settings, but images show up here as a separate tab. just click on the tab, and there is the image. Exactly the opposite of what I'd like to happen. My Brother often sends me photo's with little comments and descriptions under each one. The whole context is

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Vili
Hello Tony, Using offsite images, I put a just-for-you link to a picture. You check the offsite image. Bam. I know that your email is alive. And I start to flood you... He's talking about attached images, not links to images. For example if I send you a photo of my new born salt

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Terry G. Munson
Hello Tony, Thursday, October 20, 2005, 9:45:00 AM, you wrote: Exactly the opposite of what I'd like to happen. My Brother often sends me photo's with little comments and descriptions under each one. What am I missing...I get e-mails like this also and they work fine. I get a message with

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Paul Van Noord
10/20/2005 2:05 PM Hi Tony, On 10/20/2005 Tony Boom wrote: TB My Brother often sends me TB photo's with little comments and descriptions under each one. The whole TB context is completely lost when one has to keep switching tabs and trying to TB relate each comment to tab1. tab3 or tab4 etc.

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Paul Van Noord
10/20/2005 2:02 PM Hi Stuart, On 10/20/2005 Stuart Hemming wrote: Please do not tamper with one of the significant positives of the TB for the sake of convenience or pleasure. SH FFS, it's a tool! It is /supposed/ to be convenient! At what price -- Take Care, Paul The Bat!

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Paul Van Noord
10/20/2005 1:59 PM Hi Stuart, On 10/20/2005 Stuart Hemming wrote: You missed the obvious, go elsewhere...quickly! SH But I've paid for this. I want it to work sensibly. Remaining alert and diligently testing features during the free trial period is a great attribute. It was sold as the

Re[2]: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Leif Gregory
Hello Michael, Thursday, October 20, 2005, 11:13:25 AM, you wrote: And if there are 2250 people who can not decide which eMail they can trust - it's neither my fault nor my problem. You would have to turn the whole Internet off to save them from themselves. Even if you code them an

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Michael Schneider
Hi Paul, On October 20, 2005, 8:01:48 PM: It was sold as the Secure E-mail Client. That says something to me. It says it's secure because nothing else than pop3-fetch and smtp-send works. *SCNR* ;-))) Michael -- Jabber [EMAIL PROTECTED] - OpenPGP 0xE59FD50D TheBat! 3.61.13 Echo (Beta) -

Re: Offsite Images

2005-10-20 Thread Tony Boom
Hello Vili, A reminder of what Vili on TBBETA typed on: Thursday, October 20, 2005 at 14:04:11 GMT -0400 Or what we are talking about now?? I don't bloody know. Started off with in line images then remote images now html. I think I'll go back to celluloid, paper, chemicals and red

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