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 W Baxter <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 20:38:27 -0700
At 15:14 -0700 8/16/2002, cricket wrote:
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On Friday, August 16, 2002, at 02:45 PM, Michelle Steiner wrote:
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>> Any suggestions would be welcome. We're very concerned about
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>> potential security issues and have perhaps erred on the of caution in
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>> this case.
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> I don't see how requiring a dialog in response to a script the first
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> time a script is run adds to security. I don't see the need for it at
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> all because after the first time, there's no more security checking.
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It adds to security because you're asked the first time. :) Locking
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your door 1 out of 10 times is more secure than never locking it.
And sending several hundred virus-infected messages without knowing
anything is happening is unneighborly.
--John
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John Baxter email@hidden Port Ludlow, WA, USA
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