On Tue, 2010-09-28 at 19:30 -0400, john whelan wrote: > Just a comment from a security point of view a message with just a > link in it is often a link to Malware. The links have two parts a > visible part and a nonvisible bit that takes you to a web site. > > If one looks doubtful the recommendation is to copy the visible link > and paste it in the browser rather than click on the link.
If one is in doubt, or worried about the security of their email, then one should not use a mail reader that loads content from the internet in the first place, and for that matter, only ever display plain-text emails, in which case the 'nonvisible link' is not invisible. David PS. Sorry for the late reply, just got back from a cross-country mapping trip _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
