Re: Warning -- ASCII art and Netscape Messenger 5.0

On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, miK wrote:

> Ben Bucksch wrote:
> 
> >Ilmari Karonen wrote:
<SNIP>
> >I forgot to mention: You not only have the choice to do so, it is the
> >default. We need the pre detection only for the case, the user decided
> >to view his messages in a proprotional font.
> 
What a horrible thing..
Defaults like that IMHO are BAD..

> Does this also mean the default for sending a Usenet-message is
> plain text instead of text/HTML?
> 
> If so, this would bridge the gap between newby users and Use-
> netiquette IMHO. The common newby-flame is bashing him/her
> for posting in text/HTML... and MS can't be held responsible
> solely for that. (Just talking about talk-newsgroups here)
> 
Well.. MS can be help responsible for a newbies inexperienced knowledge..
But they can sure as hell be held responsible for making newbies runn
lame ass shit programs..(well they do have a choise but due to majority
and inexperience windows is considered the best option..right?)

> between those two target groups. For News: text = OK, for 
> e-mail: all formats will do. Just because talking to a friend
> isn't as drastic as YELLING TO THE WORLD,.. duologue.
> 
<SNIP>
First of all..I use pine..wich is text based..and I HATE to recive email
that contain anything other than TEXT..This we're also the case before I
started using linux.. It is throught the defaults build into text based
extention handling software that we see the dawn of such programs as
melissa and bubbleboy.. To be honest I feer for those who will be using
WINDOWS 2000.. It has a lot of wrongly set defaults..like file sharing
with write access to anyone as default.. Stealth security and buildt in
telnet server that could be enabled with javascript / vba script in ann
email and then used freely just like the machines owner ran BO / Netbus..

It's the inability to understand these aspects that allows hackers to pry
on feeble windows users..

Oh well.. I couild go on for hours like that.. Bottom line is.. Just
becourse you think html can enhance the email reading.. Don't judge it as
safely..

Regards
MERLiiN

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