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: cricket <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 16:58:58 -0700
On Friday, August 16, 2002, at 03:51 PM, John C. Welch wrote:
This system just makes Mail unusable in lots of situations (think of
things
like a server that's supposed to send an email after a reboot, for
example).
A better answer, surely, is some kind of password system.
Right...and since you *have* to log in to the system to use Mail
*anyway*,
this dialogue is really quite silly.
We're rightfully concerned that someone could send out an Applescript
application via email that, when run, will silently (no UI) send out
personal data without the user's knowledge that this is taking place.
The reason I say rightfully is that PC users have been inundated with
viruses exactly like this for years, where an innocent looking .exe
file is actually gathered user data and sending it without the user
knowledge. I think you'd at least appreciate the attempt to keep the
user informed that an attachment they clicked on may actually do
something they don't want to have happen.
Clearly there's a better way to pull this off without interfering with
automation, but there is a reason for it to be there in the first place.
- cricket
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