Hello Geoff,

On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 18:46:28 +0000 GMT (06/02/2005, 01:46 +0700 GMT),
Geoff Lane wrote:

GL> I'm not saying for one moment that these things should not be
GL> available for those who want it - just that you should have the option
GL> to turn them off if you don't.

Thanks, and I think everybody agrees that "off" should be the default.
Some people seem to say that there should not be any option to allow
downloading pictures from the web.

GL> Someone suggested that opening external images directly couldn't hurt.
GL> I just wanted to point out that it can -- with that information it
GL> should be up to each to assess the risk and act accordingly.

There is a risk, and everybody who wants to avoid it can leave the
option off.

GL> That said, you can retrieve the entire message, external images and
GL> all, even in 1.62. All you have to do is double-click the icon for the
GL> HTML page to open it in your default browser. So, if you want to
GL> subscribe to newsletters that you trust and that contain external
GL> images, you can even with TB 1.x

Yes we all know that, it'll open the browser. But this is not the
topic of the discussion.

-- 

Cheers,
Thomas.

Blamestorming: Sitting around in a group discussing why a deadline was
missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.

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