Klarinet Archive - Posting 000530.txt from 2004/11

From: John Dablin <jdablin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Klarinet List Technical Question
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 10:00:24 -0500

On Tuesday 16 Nov 2004 14:39, Audrey Travis wrote:
> Could someone please explain what HTML mail means, and why it would be
> rejected?
>
> Thanks
>
> Audrey

HTML is the language used to write web pages. E-mail programs adopted it as
an easy way to dress up e-mails with pictures, text formatting, special fonts
and so on. However, the picture might be downloaded from a server when you
read the e-mail, thus telling a spammer that your address is a real one
(whoopee!! Let's send her lots more, and tell all the other spammers). Even
worse, the HTML can contain scripts which exploit security loopholes and do
heaven knows what harm to your computer. Very wisely, Mark blocks all HTML
mails on the list, and only accepts plain text.

John Dablin
Aylesbury UK

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