blocking messages with <form> tags

Sylvain Phaneuf sylvain.phaneuf at IMSU.OXFORD.AC.UK
Tue Jul 22 10:18:47 IST 2003


Hi everyone,

I have upgraded MS to 4.22-5 last week, and selected to block messages
containing form tags. I am quite puzzled to see how many messages we
have stopped because of that. It seems that a lot of genuine mail is
coming with those form tags, e.g. from medical /scientific abstract
services.

I haven't got a clue how dangerous can these forms be. Should I
continue stopping these messages? I noticed that a few services seem to
know that their messages are likely to be stopped, they have the
following line in plain text at the top of the message:
""If you cannot view this email, please copy and paste the following
link into your browser: http://master.emedicine.com/email/radio23.html""


Thanks in advance for sharing your opinions.



Sylvain

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