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echo: nthelp
to: Glenn Meadows
from: Robert Comer
date: 2003-05-08 22:36:12
subject: Re: `web bug` blocking

From: "Robert Comer" 

> Polarbarmailer.org.  Text extracted from HTML when using the Text Browser
> mode.

Dang it, you gonna make me try it eventually, aren't you.  

It doesn't do newsgroups yet, does it?

- Bob Comer



"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:3ebb1179{at}w3.nls.net...
> Polarbarmailer.org.  Text extracted from HTML when using the Text Browser
> mode.
>
> --
> Glenn M.
>
>
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:3ebaada1$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > 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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