Re:The closest I've ever come to falling for a Gmail phishin...
by sethrin on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @03:41PM
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> All programs will attempt to expand until they can render HTML emails. Those that cannot will be replaced by those that can.
More seriously, the expectation that emails will consist only of plain text is simply untenable. From a security standpoint this is obviously not ideal, but security and usability are opposed, and if your security scheme does not allow users to send documents with some form of markup, it will not be widely used.
More seriously, the expectation that emails will consist only of plain text is simply untenable. From a security standpoint this is obviously not ideal, but security and usability are opposed, and if your security scheme does not allow users to send documents with some form of markup, it will not be widely used.