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Re: lynx-dev Lynx vs. metamail
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Re: lynx-dev Lynx vs. metamail |
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Mon, 10 Aug 1998 07:04:13 -0600 (MDT) |
In a recent note, David Woolley said:
> Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 10:52:00 +0100 (BST)
>
> If you are using elm and it keeps up putting up messages about
> running "shownonascii" or puts up menus when people attach PGP
> signatures, you ARE using metamail. If it doesn't, and if, in
> particular, you actually see the HTML half of the two version
> mailings that are commonly produced by MS Outlook, you probably need
> a newer version of elm, or to enable its MIME support.
>
Considering the recent publicity about E-mail Trojan horses (not the
"Good Times" hoax) one should take care what one launches as a
viewer. At the very least, if launching GhostScript to view
PostScript documents, you _must_ specify whatever option is
provided to disable writing and deleting of files.
-- gil