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Re:Gmail is opening and caching URLs within emails without u... by janci on Friday August 20, 2021 @05:41AM (#28244325)
You can use <form method=POST> in email body (obviously does not work in plaintext mode)
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Re:Gmail is opening and caching URLs within emails without u... by chrisshroba on Friday August 20, 2021 @07:15AM (#28244789)
I this sometime triggers a warning to the user (something like “Are you sure you want to submit form data to external site?”), which may not be the best end user experience.
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Re:Gmail is opening and caching URLs within emails without u... by wizzwizz4 on Friday August 20, 2021 @09:04AM (#28245489)
If you put a header “account verification form” above the button, it's a better experience; the user knows what the computer is calling a form.
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Re:Gmail is opening and caching URLs within emails without u... by inetknght on Friday August 20, 2021 @12:17PM (#28247761)
That sounds very phishy.
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Re:Gmail is opening and caching URLs within emails without u... by inetknght on Friday August 20, 2021 @12:16PM (#28247758)
You're assuming the email is HTML. No, not all users use HTML email.
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Re:Gmail is opening and caching URLs within emails without u... by detaro on Friday August 20, 2021 @12:19PM (#28247778)
What do you think the second sentence of their comment is talking about?
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