HTML based mail
Posted Oct 13, 2003 12:57 UTC (Mon) by
Duncan (guest, #6647)
In reply to:
E-mail filters not fooled by signed spam (News.com) by proski
Parent article:
E-mail filters not fooled by signed spam (News.com)
> I believe we should combat HTML e-mail because it's primarily used
> by spammers. If your friends write you in HTML, please explain
> them that they are helping spammers.
Add crackers to that list as well. Anyone using HTML mail is helping spammers
AND CRACKERS. When this comes up, I simply ask folks to consider how many
exploits OE and Outlook proper have had, and how many they WOULD have had,
if they'd stuck to plain text. That should persuade virtually ANYONE (with any
tech knowledge, or who knows how to look it up, anyway).
My top priority rule deletes HTML formatted mail, whether or not it includes a
plain text version also. Yes, that's prioritized ABOVE the whitelist rules, even if
I'm not affected by HTML vulns, I wouldn't accept an offer to shake hands if I'd
seen someone slime their hand with snot before they offered it to me, even if I was
wearing gloves to protect myself, and I'm not going to accept HTML mail,
regardless of my client's vulnerability to it, for the same reason. If they want to
shake hands, they can learn not to be disrespectful of my health in the process. If
they want to exchange messages, they need to respect the health of my computer as
well. To do otherwise is simply rude, and they can just go be rude to someone else.
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