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Great news for SPAM haters (aren't we all?)

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Benta:

--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on August 30, 2022, 05:13:39 pm ---A better rant would be about people posting two-hour videos in which something something but neglect to say where, or what.

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:-DD :-DD :-DD

ataradov:
You can use HTML, it is perfectly safe as long as you don't download external images or other resources. And automatically downloading stuff like this from email is nuts no matter what amount of filters you have. You are asking to get owned.

madires:

--- Quote from: Benta on August 30, 2022, 07:43:12 pm ---
--- Quote from: madires on August 30, 2022, 05:55:44 pm ---Simply use an email client that shows you the text message, and not the HTML.

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Yes. Or go back to granite, hammer and chisel.   :palm:

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The HTML is just for formatting and can be also used for tracking and other stuff we don't want. So you can either add security and privacy features to an email client and hope it does help, or simply go for the text content which minimizes the attack surface dramatically. I've seen so many security/privacy issues with HTML emails and email clients over the last two decades that I happily prefer text emails over fancy HTML.

ataradov:

--- Quote from: madires on August 30, 2022, 08:48:36 pm ---The HTML is just for formatting and can be also used for tracking and other stuff we don't want.

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How exactly? Don't spread misinformation.

madires:
Simply look up Outlook's security issues for the last 20+ years. ;)

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