[plug] kmail and the gigasecond bug

[Bret Busby]

On Thu, 06 Sep 2001, Jason Jordan wrote:
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> I do a few other things like rejecting HTML emails with an explanation back to 
> the sender but that's a tad more confusing and may be covered in next weeks
> episode.
> 
> cheers, jas

Now, that sounds interesting, and, worth knowing how to do. 

Having installed Netscape 6.1, to have a look at it, and, try it, I notice
that it does not have the option to switch off "View->Attachments inline", that
Netscape 4.61 and earlier versions had, making using Netscape 6.1 appear to be
a security risk. 

So, rejecting HTML emails, and sending a message back to the sender, would
appear to be a good protection.

However, one apparent defect with that, without any modification; what do you
do, to stop the response messages going back to spammers? It has been said,
that one fundamental principle to apply when dealing with spamming, is to not
respond to the spammers, as that confirms a recipient's email address, and, so
doing, is expected to result in a massive increase in spam.

Bret Busby
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However,