blocking messages with <form> tags

Phil Iovino phil at NXTEK.NET
Wed Jul 23 14:16:03 IST 2003


Is there a way to strip/remove the actual <form> tag instead of blocking
the entire message or converting it to text?

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> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Rodrigo Scarano
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 7:50 AM
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: RES: blocking messages with <form> tags
> 
> 
> Sylvain,
> I use Allow IFrame Tags = yes and Allow Object Codebase Tags 
> = yes, but the
> line Convert Dangerous HTML To Text is set to yes. I guess 
> i'm secure with
> this.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> 
> Rodrigo Scarano
> Target Sistemas
> http://www.targetsis.com.br/
> rscarano at targetsis.com.br
> 
> 
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> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] Em nome de
> Sylvain 
> Phaneuf
> Enviada em:     Terça-feira, 22 de Julho de 2003 06:19
> Para:   MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Assunto:        blocking messages with <form> tags
> 
> 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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