Ben Bucksch wrote:
> R. Whack wrote:
>
>> Hi. I'm using Beonex version 0.8 Prelease and I would like to
>> understand the idea of java being automatically disabled in
>> Mail/News. I don't know if may have been an error or if that's the
>> way the program was created. Makes it kind of hard to read html-based
>> mail. Or will java (Mail/News) be added in the next release of
>> Beonex. Just thought I'd ask. Thank you for your time and patience.
>
>
> I assume you mean JavaScript. That's something completely different
> from Java.
>
> This being disabled is not a lack of functionality, but has been done
> intentionally. Beonex puts strong emphasis on security, and JavaScript
> is a significant security risk (most security bugs require JS to be
> enabled). Esp. so in email, where you do not control where you go and
> where there are by far less legitimate uses for JS (the email can
> always contain a link to a full webpage with JS, forms and all). The
> function is disabled to protect you and cannot easily be enabled, so
> that you do not put yourself at risk unintentionally.
>
> If you still want to enable it, try adding the following line to your
> prefs.js or user.js (see Netscape 6/Mozilla Tips&Tricks on how to do
> that):
>
> pref("javascript.allow.mailnews", true);
>
> This should enable JavaScript in Mailnews. You have been warned.
>
> Ben Bucksch
>
>
>
Thank you for the information. I would imagine that if javascript was
enabled, that would probably leave me open to all kinds of spam,
viriuses, etc. Could a securtiy problem like that be fixed? I'd like to
read more on this.
