Re: [Evolution] bad font display for some messages

[Cliff Wells <LogiplexSoftware earthlink net>]

On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 07:28, Jason Kohles wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 19:48, Cliff Wells wrote:
> > I'm using Evolution 1.0.8 (as shipped with RedHat 8.0) and I have been
> > receiving emails (usually on mailing lists) that don't display any text
> > (unless I view the mail source). These are typically html mail.  I know
> > a bunch of work was done on font handling in GTK2 and wonder if perhaps
> > that is the source of the problem.  Is this a general issue with GTK2 or
> > RedHat 8.0?  Or perhaps I've munged something up?
> Are you sure that this is legitimate mail?  There have been several
> email viruses that mess with MIME headers in an attempt to get outlook
> to run their content automatically.  Since the headers are intentionally
> malformed to exploit bugs in outlook, most other mail readers render it
> strangely or not at all.

Yes, the mail is legitimate.  Even my own mail posted to this list was
blank.  The problem is resolved now (deleted ~/.gnome/gtkhtml).  It
seems that using anything but the default font in html viewer settings
is risky.

-- 
Cliff Wells, Software Engineer
Logiplex Corporation (www.logiplex.net)
(503) 978-6726 x308  (800) 735-0555 x308