Hi Vlad, While what I said was that everyone's signature comes across as html, (which is that blue underlined text) I meant that everyone's "signature", the blue underlined text that acts to connect one with other places/functions on the internet/within the html-driven browsers/mail readers which is generated automatically by the persons own e-mail program at the time the e-mail is sent. By everyone, I meant all of the people on this group and all of the people I have exchanged e-mail with. Yes, some mailers do make the change when the address has the @ sign in the string. (My outlook express does.) I had never heard that html was dangerous in and of itself. My knowledge of such things is somewhat limited. When the virus thing became a problem, I got a virus checker and eventually a firewall to take care of such matters. The only virus that I ever got rode in on an e-mail from someone I didn't personally recognize and I opened it before I realized what it might be. (That was before the firewall. ) I would like to make the point here that I do not live in fear and loathing of the next virus. It is inevitable that one will get through. I back up. There is no ongoing project on my computer that does not have an associated cd. You may swear at Bill Gates, Microsoft, Apple, whomever if you wish, but ultimately I am the captain of my ship. If something goes wrong, it is my responsibility to fix the problem. Those computer guys are doing the best they can to get products out to us. None of them wish us ill. And yes, there are folks out there whose whole existence is dedicated to fouling up other people's lives. There are phrases and stories in the bible and even older books that tip us off to this kind of behavior. More to the point, I don't think the people in this group would knowingly send an e-mail with a virus. There are many safeguards in place on the various servers we use so transmission of a virus is unlikely in any event. Oh, yes, there is a twit filter in Outllook. Yours fred.vansandf2%verizon.net ;-} glad to be anywhere ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vlad de Impala" <snapper@st-abbs.fsnet.co.uk> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 3:13 AM Subject: Re: magazine publishing rights help > <<< > Your signature comes across in html too, as everyone's does. > >>> > > Really? > > > Don't some mailiers choose to display things that look like hyperlinks as hyperlinks even if the incoming message is text only? That's a very different thing from "all signiatures being transmitted as HTML" > > > A straight text message cannot carry an active web-bug, can't launch an attached - or worse embedded (thanks Micro$oft) - virus automatically, does not bloat the bandwidth for the sake of it ... > > > It would not be so bad if it were easier to twit-filter based on the mere fact messages contained HTML ;o) > > > Bob > > "Whoops, Andromeda" > > >
