Re: incorrect html mail display problems
- From: Carlos Morgado <chbm chbm nu>
- To: Balsa List <balsa-list gnome org>
- Subject: Re: incorrect html mail display problems
- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 22:29:40 +0000
On 2002.03.29 03:57 John Mellor wrote:
> What's involved in adding a configuration option to allow display of
> remote html references in the mail message?
>
nothing. balsa doesn't speak http without direct user intervention
> I get a lot of mail that I cannot read properly unless I open it with
> Mozilla instead of Balsa. The general cause of this kind of problem
> is the inability to display an external reference.
>
is any of this not spam like the one below ? i never seen a message
with hrefs that was not spam, barr intranet mail.
> e.g., here is the text of a fairly normal, but completely unreadable
> message under Balsa, which is highly readable under Mozilla. The
> major problem is the inability to display the gif elements because
> they are not part of the message itself. Instead, they reference an
> external site, and the mail reader is expected to get the file from
> that site. Balsa is not doing this.
>
of course not. balsa will not help spammers execute gif cookies or
do silly javascript exploits. the functionality you discribe belongs
in a www browser (note, it's present in the www browser you use to
read mail)
> Since some people are completely anal-retentive about security, the
i feel my bowels fill up already
> ability to get the graphics from a web site should probably be a
> configurable option. Unfortunately, I see no way to do this at
> present using Balsa 1.3.4 or previous versions.
>
you just voluntered to write an http client for balsa :)
[silly html spam removed]
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