Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 10/01/07 01:36

nice.guy.nige wrote:
> While the city slept, Jonathan N. Little (lws4art@centralva.net) feverishly
> typed...
>
>> If you allow JavaScript to run in email and are dumb enough
>> to click on links within emails, especially from unknown
>> sources you deserve what you get!
>
> I can't speak for current versions (because I don't have one), but I
> remember when Outlook Express (probably the most widely used email client on
> the planet) allowed javascript to be executed in emails / newsgroup messages
> out of the box. I found this out when some scrote posted a message to a
> newsgroup that contained "while(1==1) { window.open; }" in it... After I
> rebooted the PC I found out that OE uses the IE internet "safety" settings,
> and by default used the Trusted setting. Altering that setting was the only
> way to stop OE from executing Javascript - this option wasn't available in
> any of OE's own settings.
>

I dumped that turkey back in the 90's! Maybe we should put up a banner,
hirer a pilot and sky write, don't use OE for your email. Just about
anything else would be better! I still have old Communicator 4.61 on for
test and it has the ability to disable JavaScript in mail and
newsgroups, although back in 99 it was a more naive time it was on by
default!

> So your comment that "If you allow javascript to run in email ... you
> deserve what you get" is not really fair because many people may be allowing
> javascript to run in emails without even knowing it.

Maybe they should learn. I love this new Public Service ad that they are
running in the US lately showing a scruffy guy trying to pull the old
fake check scam to a lady on a bus. In person it very obvious that it's
bogus.. the ad tries to show that in an email it still stinks.

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Take care,

Jonathan
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