[sylpheed:36653] Re: Text emails and html tags

[Gene Goldenfeld]

Perhaps I misunderstand how it works, but my hesitation to support a ban
stems from many emails that are blank in text and only readable, and
the needed links only viewable, in the text/HTML version.

Gene


On Sat, 23 Dec 2017 14:33:36 -0800
Roger Pryor <rjpryor at infoserve.net> wrote:

> Hi:
> 
> I've used Sylpheed since the early 0's, for two reasons:
> 
> 1)	Its simple and easy to use,
> and
> 2)	It refuses to handle HTML.
> 
> There are very few occasions when HTML is useful in email, and far too
> risky, in my mind, to be worthwhile.  I agree - ban it, please.
> 
> Roger Pryor
> 
> On Sat, 23 Dec 2017 23:02:12 +0300
> Anton Shepelev <anton.txt at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > MHF:
> > 
> > > Hi,  for  obvious  security  reasons I reckon that
> > > emails in text mode should show urls etc  as  text
> > > only  too not just the text in the body. As things
> > > are you can still click on a potentially dangerous
> > > url.  What do you think?
> > 
> > I  think  HTML e-mail should be banned (see my sig).
> > For those who fear they may click on a URL by  acci-
> > dent, a new setting in Sylpheed to show URLs as text
> > or to display a warning before opening them  in  the
> > browser would be useful.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Please, do not forward replies to my e-mail.
> > 
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Roger Pryor
> Vancouver, Canada