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echo: nthelp
to: Rich
from: Robert Comer
date: 2003-05-08 15:21:10
subject: Re: `web bug` blocking

From: "Robert Comer" 

No, I don't prefer HTML, I use the Read as text, but the implementation is
faulty, some emails don't display at all, so you have to turn that feature
off, so you are then vulnerable to web bugs and other HTML nasties.

OE is just showing the plain text portion of HTML emails when, in fact, it
should be stripping out the text from the html portion if no text portion
exists.  Also link get royally screwed up...

- Bob Comer

IE crashed once again...



"Rich"  wrote in message news:3eba9f23{at}w3.nls.net...
   The released OE has the "read as text" feature which I hate.  Are you
saying that you prefer HTML email?

Rich

"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:3eba97b4$1{at}w3.nls.net...
It's not in OE yet. :(

- Bob Comer 


"Geo."  wrote in message
news:3eba5be2$1{at}w3.nls.net... wow, have they added a webbug filter to
outlook yet? (I'm not sure that it matters to me anymore as I stopped
upgrading when they added the activation requirement but I'm still curious
as to whether or not it's been addressed).

Geo.
"Rich"  wrote in message news:3eb9ffcc$1{at}w3.nls.net...
   George, this should interest you.

   The most recent release of Hotmail blocks images, both external and MHTML
packaged, in messages by default.  If any are blocked there is a link to
click on to view the message with the images.  Users can configure their
account to disable this if they wish.

   The press release on this and other spam issues is at
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2003/may03/05-08SayonaraPR.asp.

Rich

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