[3379] in WWW Security List Archive
Re:Java Script
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert S. Muhlestein)
Fri Oct 25 15:16:34 1996
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 09:51:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Robert S. Muhlestein" <robertm@teleport.com>
To: David Ray <daver@idiom.com>
cc: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <v02140b00ae90bda7dcdd@[206.14.80.95]>
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
The number of email messages sent and received from my "Annoying Home
Page", which automatically sends them them when the page is accessed by
an insecure browser, has significantly decreased but I still get about
one a week. Looks like some people still haven't caught on.
I hope that this is an indication that fewer people still have the
older browsers. However, I'm sure the hits have come down as well.
On Sun, 20 Oct 1996, David Ray wrote:
> At 11:17 AM 10/20/96, I wrote:
> > No, this is not correct. This bug existed in the short-lived Netscape
> > version 2.0 which was replaced by version 2.0.1 a long time ago (in Web
> > years).
> >
> > All versions of Netscape since then put up a dialog box asking the user if
> > they are sure they want to send their email message, before it is sent.
>
> To be more specific, Netscape 3.0, under "Options... Network Preferences...
> Protocols... There is a checkbox that says "Show alert before submitting a
> form by email". If checked, it will put up a dialog box if a mailto: URL is
> being submitted, asking the user to confirm or cancel. This checkbox is
> checked by default, but can be unchecked. Perhaps the person who started
> this thread had unchecked it.
>
> -Dave
>
>
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Robert S. Muhlestein
Web Technologist
NIKE, Inc.
Work: robert.muhlestein@nike.com
Personal: rmuhle@q7.com
Old: robertm@teleport.com
(Opinions and comments are my own, not NIKE's.)
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