From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Oct 18 21:33:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA14298 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 18 Oct 1998 21:33:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ninbox.ml.org (hsv1-225.airnet.net [207.242.81.225]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA14224 for ; Sun, 18 Oct 1998 21:33:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@airnet.net) Received: from airnet.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ninbox.ml.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA00374; Sun, 18 Oct 1998 20:36:12 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kris@airnet.net) Message-ID: <362A978C.7C222B4F@airnet.net> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 20:36:12 -0500 From: Kris Kirby Organization: Absolutely None! X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Johnson CC: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SECURITY ISSUE!!! And misuse of freebsd-questions References: <199810181902.MAA24480@hub.freebsd.org> <19981018200023.A9962@palomine.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [Redirected to -Chat] Chris Johnson wrote: > I've seen it argued on this list that HTML-formatted mail is here to stay and > that people ought to stop griping about it, get with the program, and get a > modern mail reader. Those people should keep in mind that many people read > mailing lists as digests, so even if they do have HTML-capable mail readers, > they still see HTML messages as a load of ugly garbage. If you're not certain > that every recipient of your message will see the HTML properly, don't send it. > > Chris As a user of Netscape, I've fixed myself so as not to make a stink on mailing lists by using my Address Book and selecting those would can recieve HTML mail. If a email address is not specified as being able to recieve HTML email, Netscape will not send it. I think it is a nice feature that lends itself more toward "add-on HTML emailer". Either way, when used properly, it doesn't get in the way, and that's what's important... -- Kris Kirby UAH Mail UAH CS Home WWW ------------------------------------------- TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message