Re: US Military bans HTML in emails

In article <f0252$45976d1c$cef8887a$29035@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
http://www.fcw.com/article97178-12-22-06-Web
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Due to an increased network threat condition, the Defense Department is
blocking all HTML-based e-mail messages and has banned the use of Outlook
Web Access e-mail applications, according to a spokesman for the Joint Task
Force for Global Network Operations.
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Better late than never. I banned them (and MIME mails) some years ago
(though I run my mail on VMS and don't fear virii/worms)...

"Text mails only here. No HTML or binaries needed for proper communications..."

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Peter "EPLAN" LANGSTOEGER
Network and OpenVMS system specialist
E-mail peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
A-1030 VIENNA AUSTRIA I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist
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