Saturday, December 01, 2001, 9:38:06 PM, I wrote: NST> Hello James,
NST> Saturday, December 01, 2001, 8:54:39 PM, you wrote: JS>> On viruses and external images...from the business end JS>> it would be ridiculous to expect customers to put up with JS>> embedded images. Keeping them external at least gives the JS>> customer a chance to delete the message before all the JS>> downloading begins. Please don't think of HTML e-mail as an JS>> evil business tool used by spammers alone. In my case I'd much JS>> rather send text since I can send them ten times faster. But JS>> our subscriber base prefers HTML. They sign up for it, it is JS>> not chosen for them. The problem with viruses is well JS>> documented but it is certainly not the norm. And one shouldn't JS>> shy away from HTML because of them just as you wouldn't abstain JS>> from using the 'Net for fear of infection. NST> To my the problem isn't HTML, per-se...it's the fact that the features NST> of HTML can be misused by more unsavory types (such as spammers, who, NST> by merely including an external image, can determine whether or not your NST> email address is valid.) However, there are also perfectly valid NST> reasons to want/need HTML. However, in these cases, the receipient NST> usually expects HTML from a certain source. I think it'd be great if NST> The Bat! allowed you to set up a list of people (or a filter?) that NST> were allowed to send you HTML, and it would display the images NST> automatically for mail from those addresses. Oh...and let's not forget those who, rather than being able to rationally argue their point of view, have to attempt to send someone a virus to try and prove their point (You know who you are, and I don't appreciate it in this kind of forum.) I stand by my statement that there can and are valid uses of HTML email that are not malicious, and anything that can be done to enable these, while protecting against the misuse of it (such as only allowing it from those you specify) is a Good Thing. - Sean T. -- ________________________________________________________ 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
