[plug] HTML mail (partial flame and suggestions)

James Devenish devenish at guild.uwa.edu.au
Sat Oct 2 10:44:07 WST 2004


In article <v2h132xk0r.ln2 at innovative.iinet.net.au>, Bernd Felsche wrote:
> You also have to consider how those messages will render when viewed
> through a web front-end. Shouldn't you strip out embedded code such
> as ECMAscript anyway because of the potential malicious nature? Do
> we want to have unsponsored advertising banners appearing when
> somebody views our archives?

Are you agreeing with me or disagreeing? I am never sure. I mentioned
this same issue earlier in the thread and also said that my belief is
that Mailman ensures the archives are inert. From a quick look on the
server, I continue to believe that this is the case (but I cannot
provide a(n) URL to demonstrate it at this stage).




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