At 11:11 -0500 02-03-19, Keith Moore wrote:
problem is, text/html has turned out to be an abomination -
it introduces security holes via java, javascript, etc., and
lots of folks I know filter it because the vast majority of text/html
mail they receive is spam.
Would that mean that you filter out all messages sent
by Outlook Express? But you are right that spam seems
to use text/html much more than non-spam messages.
Many mailers handle text/html, but only for a limited
part of HTML, not including java and javascript. It
is mainly used
(a) for simple formatting like bold facing, larger
font and monospacing fonts.
(b) Including inline graphics in the e-mail.
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Jacob Palme <jpalme(_at_)dsv(_dot_)su(_dot_)se> (Stockholm University and KTH)
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