From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from per2-56k-135.tpgi.com.au ([202.7.191.135] helo=joana.gotss.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17810F-000872-00 for ; Wed, 15 May 2002 11:47:48 -0400 Received: from kerry by joana.gotss.net with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 1780zy-0004gM-00 for ; Wed, 15 May 2002 23:47:30 +0800 Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 23:47:30 +0800 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Consensus opinion required - was 'more worms' Message-ID: <20020515234730.A17977@joana.gotss.net> References: <20020515053247.D303@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from hallenbeck@valstar.net on Wed, May 15, 2002 at 09:16:13AM -0400 From: Kerry Hoath Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Chuck I should point out that certain versions of pine have contained buffer overflows in the html processing elements and so did older versions of mutt and lynx. I am not taking a stand one way or the other regarding html messages except to say that there are dangers in html; more so for Windows users than Linux ones but the Linux dangers exist as well. I don't mind html if there is an equivalent plain text section, but replying to html only messages causes me grief. I for my own reasons choose to send to mailing lists in plain text to minimize bandwidth usage and also message bloat. I encourage people to set their look out distress settings to send in plain text where possible but let it reply to a message in the format it was received in. Regards, Kerry. On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 09:16:13AM -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > Personal Contact Details: > > > E-mail: gena@gena-j.net WWW: http://www.gena-j.net ICQ: 144169465 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > Visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck > The Moon is Waxing Crescent (10% of Full) > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Kerry Hoath: kerry@gotss.net kerry@gotss.eu.org or kerry@gotss.spice.net.au ICQ: 8226547 msn: kerry@gotss.net Yahoo: kerryhoath@yahoo.com.au