[imp] changes in html viewing (2.2.4)

Robert Marchand robert.marchand@UMontreal.CA
Mon, 12 Feb 2001 10:39:58 -0500


Thanks,

     I just wanted to be sure I had understand the context.  When I 
upgraded to 2.2.4, I saw
that mime.php3.dist had changed and since in our case mime.php3.dist was 
equal to
mime.php3 I reflected the change.

Keep the good work!

At 10:31 01-02-12 -0500, you wrote:
>If you read the comments in mime.php3.dist, they explain most of this. We
>filter HTML attachments when they are displayed, and do a pretty thorough=
 job
>of it. However, browsers a vulnerable to all kinds of silly things that are
>discovered all of the time, so I'm simply unwilling to enable the feature=
 by
>default, because that would be giving people what I feel is a false sense=
 of
>security. You are perfectly welcome to enable the feature yourself, and=
 most
>likely we filter anything dangerous. But I want it to be clear that while=
 we
>provide the feature for those who need/want it, we don't _guarantee_ that=
 
>it is
>100% safe.
>
>The change was made simply because I realized that it had not been. I 
>meant to
>change it quite a while ago.
>
>-chuck
>
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