Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms'

[Erik Heil]

yean and now their's Dot net.  GRRRRR.  At leas their's some security
settings, but I don't know how effective they are since I don't have any Dot
net applications on this box.  Wouldn't count on it based on Microsoft's
track record. Original Message -----
From: "Charles Hallenbeck" <hallenbeck at valstar.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms'


> Granted, those are problems.
>
> On Wed, 15 May 2002, Erik Heil wrote:
>
> > What about Java applets that are embedded in HTML e-mail?  Or ActiveX
> > controls?  These can cause a myriad of problems for users IMHO.  Whether
> > their client or server-side doesn't make a difference either.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Charles Hallenbeck" <hallenbeck at valstar.net>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 9:16 AM
> > Subject: Re: Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms'
> >
> >
> > >
> > > I am still a pine user, and on my system pine reads html messages
> > > transparently, no problem. HTML has nothing to do with most
> > > viruses. Executable attachments that launch themselves are the
> > > real problem.
> > >
> > > On Wed, 15 May 2002, Steve Holmes wrote:
> > >
> > > > Since I've been using mutt to read my mail, I really haven't been
> > > > affected either way with HTML mail.  When I used pine, it was an
> > > > annoyance but no more than that.  But I think I would favor a
blockage
> > > > of HTML mail since the reasons sighted below and some people still
use
> > > > windows mailers on the list; so go for it!
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 07:48:26PM +0100, 'Georgina' wrote:
> > > > > Hi All
> > > > >
> > > > > Because of the use of html messages being used to transmit Windows
> > > > > viruses, I wondered if folks would agree to having list messages
> > > > > restricted to plain text only?
> > > > >
> > > > > The list owner will act upon whatever the consensus is.
> > > > >
> > > > > Gena
> > > > >
> > > > > Have your say:
> > > > > Blindness Advocacy and Self Help Online www.bashonline.org
> > > > >
> > > > > Please don't send me MS Word documents, see
> > > > > http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
> > > > >
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