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"Clayton, Nik [IT]" <nik.clayton@citigroup.com> Thu, 26 June 2003 18:28 UTC

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From: "Clayton, Nik [IT]" <nik.clayton@citigroup.com>
To: "'jm@jmason.org'" <jm@jmason.org>, "Hallam-Baker, Phillip" <pbaker@verisign.com>
Cc: "'Dr. Jeffrey Race'" <jrace@attglobal.net>, asrg@ietf.org
Subject: RE: [Asrg] HTML-burdened E-mail
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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 13:38:52 +0100

> > Unauthenticated executable content of any kind has no place in email.
There
> > is no cause to send unsolicited and unauthenticated Java, Active-X or
> > Javascript. The <IMG> tag referencing an external object is causing a
> > programmed action I think it should be blocked by default as well.
> > 
> > HTML worked and works just fine without external references or
executable
> > content. 
> 
> +1, I agree strongly.
> 
> BTW it's even more complex now, since many legit mail-sending operations
> consider "web bugs" (1x1 pixel external IMGs with an identifying tag)
> to be good practice in measuring mail views. :(

I know of at least one large financial organisation that refuses to accept
messages containing web bugs.  If a few more large groups hopped on the
bandwagon...

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