Re: Questions and Observations From a New user

[Jens Askengren <jensus linux nu>]

On 2001/11/05 08:30, Jules Bean wrote:

> > (10) Can the built in HTML viewer be configured to fetch and display
> > images?  If so, it isn't at all obvious how.
> 
> Just so you know (maybe you already do) this behaviour would be a
> gross security hole. It would potentially 'leak' your email address
> and hence browsing habits to all of the sites you visit.

I would rather not call it a security hole but an infringement of privacy.
It is, however a desirable feature implemented by most html-capable
MUA:s. If implemented in balsa, there should ofcourse be an option to
disable the functionality ...

	-Jens