HTML to Text only emails...

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

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On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 11:50:20 -0400
"Wizard" <wizard at neonedge.com> wrote:

> A company that I do work for, in an effort to protect itself from it's
> own lusers, is considering parsing emails so that any external HREFs
> inside the email point to http://localhost. They are also going to
> parse out all attachments to a central intranet location, where they
> will be reviewed by admins for legitimacy before being forwarded to
> the addressee. Can anyone see any problems with this strategy? (It
> sounds valid to me, but I wanted to make sure I hadn't missed anything
> before responding)
I think that this is not entirely a bad idea. While we on this list tend
to be technically oriented, the majority of the user communities in
businesses are not very knowledgeable or disciplined. Many use MS
Outlook or Outlook Express and their systems may not be very secure. If
one user is infected by a virus or worm, that user can cause serious
problems. 

Many of our listservs on BLU strip attachments and force all email to be
plain text. 

The only reservations I have is the admin review. That may add work for
admins, but it also can create problems. 
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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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