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Re: html content signatures and web bugs

2002-01-12 15:14:36
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Paul Chvostek wrote:

Can anyone tell me why I *shouldn't* block inbound mail whose HTML
body contains either Javascript or embedded HTML forms?  I'm doing
this now, but I'm not sure if I'm merely asking for a chomp to the
gluteus.

You may reject some mail you've asked for. For example, CNN
HTML-format quicknews uses javascript and (shudder) objects downloaded
from the CNN webserver.

The sanitizer defangs this stuff without rejecting the message. Have
you considered using it?

  http://www.impsec.org/email-tools/procmail-security.html

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