Re: OS 10.2 & Mail scripting has introduced a new wrinkle
Re: OS 10.2 & Mail scripting has introduced a new wrinkle
- Subject: Re: OS 10.2 & Mail scripting has introduced a new wrinkle
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 18:02:31 -0400
On 08/16/2002 16:46, "cricket" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
It is intended to happen once per use of Mail, so if you always keep
>
Mail running, you won't get bothered with dialogs.
>
That kind of cripples it as a workflow item.
>
There are problems with it being a preference, though, as it could
>
conceivably be circumvented via a script.
That's what I call "Security for dummies"...it makes you feel good, but is
useless as a security measure. If you care about security in Mail, use SSL
or Kerberos, and tie it into your OS X login
>
>
Personally, I'd like to see it perhaps be done on a per-script basis,
>
such that after you've approved one particular script, it has the
>
rights to continue to execute.
>
>
Any suggestions would be welcome. We're very concerned about potential
>
security issues and have perhaps erred on the of caution in this case.
If you're relying on a checkbox like that for security, you're just wasting
time and accomplishing nothing. Just let scripts run unless the server
decides otherwise. If you want to look at ways to improve Mail's use for
scripting, outgoing message rules, running scripts from rules and a way to
schedule scripts would be a *much* better way to spend that time.
john
--
"The 2nd French Foreign Legion Parachute Regiment was in-country, and they
would have come to help us. If you get in the Legion's way, doom on you."
- The Sharp End, a Canadian paratrooper discussing UN ops in Rwanda
_______________________________________________
applescript-users mailing list | email@hidden
Help/Unsubscribe/Archives:
http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/applescript-users
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.