[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk GUIs at Astricon * REMINDER *

Steve Szmidt steve at szmidt.org
Sun Aug 1 20:36:43 MST 2004


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On Sunday 01 August 2004 10:17 pm, Karl J. Vesterling wrote:
> Get an HTML capable E-Mail Program.  They've been freely available for
> nearly 10 years now and on just about every platform that's got more than a
> 16 bit bus.

Sorry but we don't do html for some very good reasons.

One it's a HUGE security risk. Well if you are using windoze it is. All you 
have to do is is visit a infected website and you can end up giving away full 
access to your computer to some hacker.

Then it's a standard way of gathering valid email accounts.

You receive an email with a code representing your email address. When you 
view the email it executes the html code which makes a call to the happy 
spammer who no knows you are real.

The same method can also be used to gain access to you computer.

Thus, all smart (and educated) people have turned off html in their email 
client.
- -- 
Steve

"They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety."
                                Benjamin Franklin

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