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Mail security (was: Mangling of mails)

• Posted by Juergen Luethje <eu.lue at gmx.de> Jan 23, 2003
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Hi Euler, you wrote:

> On 22 Jan 2003, at 12:39, Juergen Luethje wrote:

<snipped by a being with 2 eyes>

>> I know 2 technical ways to have both text and HTML versions of the
>> message in the same e-mail:
>> - "Content-Type: multipart/alternative"
>>
>> - "Content-Type: multipart/mixed"
>>   Here the HTML version is attached to the text version.
>>   (Of course, "multipart/mixed" can be also any other kind of
>>   attachment.)
>>
> I'll put these on my MailWasher.

I use them in my MailWasher, too. 

>> And this is HTML only:
>> - "Content-Type: text/html"
>>
> Already there. :)
>
>>> While this is not as big a risk for viruses perhaps (tho it could be,
>>> since there is HTML in the email),
>>
>> AFAIK any HTML can contain a virus or a worm. And the risk of activating
>> a virus mainly depends on the mail client on which the mail is opened,
>> and what options the user of the client uses. And most of us know this
>> M$-express-virus-replication mail clients. 
>>
> I use Pegasus Mail (http://www.pmail.com) the best, most secure, and
> powerful eMail client I ever found. And it's FREE for every use! I use
> v3.12c though there's already a v4.02 that seems to be alot better and
> fancier. The sad note to some of our fellows (Jim?) is that's Windows
> only.
> Anyway, if you want to make sure, there's a test (safe) at
> http://www.gfi.com/emailsecuritytest/ that will expose all your
> client's weaknesses.

They sent me 15(!) test mails. 
Very interesting!

> Another one is to use a *good* eMail service. MyRealBox is a very good
> webmail service with POP3/IMAP/SMTP and a very effective anti-virus and
> spam filter. I use it from a long time ago with no complains. Well,
> they freeze from time to time (short periods) as it's a test bed for
> Novell's NIMS system.

I've heard the name before, but I didn't know, that they have an
anti-virus and spam filter at all. I think i'll have a closer look
at MyRealBox.

<snipped by a being with 1 nose>

> BTW, all undocumented snips made by me. :)



> Kind regards,
>
> -- Euler German

Thanks for the important security information!

Best regards,
   Juergen

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