-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Eric,
On 01 December 2001 at 12:23:24 [GMT+0100] (which was 11:23 where I live) Eric Malausséna wrote to Alastair Scott and made these points: EM> But there's another point in the reading HTML capabilites with The EM> Bat!. I can't see "external" gif or jpeg in most of the EM> newsletters I receive. Correct. EM> All other software I tried (Pegasus, Eudora, Pocomail...) let me EM> see all "external" gif or jpeg included in HTML messages... Shame on them! Is this as an option? Even if it's optional, it's not right: EM> What's the problem ? This is covered in the FAQ. TB shows in-line images (those sent with the messages) but only browsers or HTML message renderers that are linked to browsing code will "GET" images will show out-of-line images. Email is supposed to be a "collect and read off-line" experience. Browsing is supposed to be an on-line experience. It is the cross-over and corruption of this *fact* that is making a mess of the whole email genre. It has led to security holes, back doors, bloat, virus infection and invasions of privacy to name but a few of the "bad" things about it. Any mail client that does other than TB in its internal rendering is asking for trouble and is (IMHO) just plain wrong. Even making it optional is still wrong. The user has to make the decision on a per-message basis as to whether or not it is safe to fully render *that* message. There is always the option to launch an HTML version of the message into a real browser if you simply *must* see the message in it's full gory (sic). In the case of TB, just double-click the HTML attachment and it's done. This isn't about Canute holding back the inevitable tide of progress. More and more people are beginning to see the light and understand just how appallingly this "HTML silliness" has rendered so many naive users vulnerable to exploitation. Sad. - -- Cheers -- .\\arck D. Pearlstone -- List moderator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ \ BrainStorm - free thinking - www: http://www.brainstormsw.com / \ PGP Key ID: 0x929DCDA0 | www: http://www.silverstones.com / ' TB! v1.54 Beta/14-14F4B4B2 on Windows NT 5.0.2195 Service Pack 2 ' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (MingW32) Comment: GPG Sealed for freshness iD8DBQE8CMNUOeQkq5KdzaARAmDVAKDMV5vv6N/67jArHmKJv5E0bK70cQCff2lC 57nnEHWKw85s8l6ZWIdV5jA= =vhfA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
