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  1. Xref: sparky comp.mail.mime:195 comp.lang.postscript:6506
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!math.fu-berlin.de!ira.uka.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!loophole!frerk
  3. From: frerk@tk.telematik.informatik.uni-karlsruhe.de (Frerk Meyer)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.mail.mime,comp.lang.postscript
  5. Subject: Re: Postscript considered harmful with MIME
  6. Date: 28 Jan 1993 10:31:54 GMT
  7. Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Informatics Department, Telecooperation Group
  8. Lines: 8
  9. Sender: frerk@loophole (Frerk Meyer)
  10. Distribution: world
  11. Message-ID: <1k8cmqINNa8l@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>
  12. References: <syscrc.728169696@gsusgi1.gsu.edu> <1993Jan28.001842.25259@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
  13. NNTP-Posting-Host: loophole.telematik.informatik.uni-karlsruhe.de
  14. Keywords: Programming
  15.  
  16. Digitals mailreader 'dxmail' -Motif version- displays Postscript if the
  17. mail body contains Postscript code. It is able to do so because DECwindows
  18. have the DisplayPostscriptExtension built-in. Digital isn't famous for
  19. not keeping security in mind, so could it be that harmful?
  20.  
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  22. Frerk Meyer <frerk@tk.telematik.informatik.uni-karlsruhe.de>  -+
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