Re: [Asrg] HTML-burdened E-mail

[jm@jmason.org (Justin Mason)]

Hallam-Baker, Phillip said:

> Unauthenticated executable content of any kind has no place in email. There
> is no cause to send unsolicited and unauthenticated Java, Active-X or
> Javascript. The <IMG> tag referencing an external object is causing a
> programmed action I think it should be blocked by default as well.
> 
> HTML worked and works just fine without external references or executable
> content. 

+1, I agree strongly.

BTW it's even more complex now, since many legit mail-sending operations
consider "web bugs" (1x1 pixel external IMGs with an identifying tag)
to be good practice in measuring mail views. :(

--j.

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