NoOp wrote:
On 12/22/2009 08:37 PM, NoOp wrote:
On 12/22/2009 06:39 PM, Phillip Jones wrote:
NoOp wrote:
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But apparently do not understand the risks associated with html and
javascript in emails. You can of course choose to ignore the default
settings& SeaMonkey/about:config allows you to do that.
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JavaScript was in html mail as far as back perhaps Netscape Navigator
3.0.1.a Gold. and the h=whole time not once did I experience a Problem
And I have viewed many a html or newsgroup post with JavaScript in it
and not once a problem. Yet recently there is all the fear of JavaScript.
Talk about something dangerous, talk about Active-X. Active-X is a lot
more Dangerous than JavaScript.
SeaMonkey doesn't run Active-X& so the reference isn't relevant here.
You've also been advocating html& javascript in email for as long as I
remember. I wonder how your spam rate is? Also keep in mind that you run
a Mac, so the issues of something spinning up on your Mac vs that of a
Windows user is perhaps different.
Just because you've kept the blinders on all these years doesn't mean
that html& javascript in emails is a good thing. Google will certainly
show you that.
Sorry, forgot to add:
http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/home_networks.html#IV-A-9
(you do know who cert is... right?)
<quote>
10. Disable scripting features in email programs
Because many email programs use the same code as web browsers to display
HTML, vulnerabilities that affect ActiveX, Java, and JavaScript are
often applicable to email as well as web pages. Therefore, in addition
to disabling scripting features in web browsers (see "Disable Java,
JavaScript, and ActiveX if possible", above), we recommend that users
also disable these features in their email programs.
</quote>
Rufus may have some reason to want to enable javascript in emails, but
if so I'd posit that he's working in an environment that is pretty
unstable. My recommendation to him (and you) is to find another email
client& be done with it. I'm sure that both of you Mac users have
alternatives... just do it. Simple as that.
Yeah! Just your opinion. I've had no problems with Java or JavaScript.
Too many people running around hollering about the sky is falling the
sky is falling. Let the individauls decides what safe for them.
--
Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. "If it's Fixed, Don't Break it"
http://www.phillipmjones.net http://www.vpea.org
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