On Thu, 1 Nov 2007, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:

> On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 18:08:38 +0100
> Bernd Ernesti <netbsd@lists.veego.de> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 02:56:27PM +0000, David Brownlee wrote:
>> [..]
>>
>>> 	Would anyone object to having this set by default in the
>>> pkgsrc package?
>>
>> It depends. Yes, if this means that firefox would be opened as soon as
>> start reading a mail which uses http or any of the other protocols.
>
> I don't think that that's what it would do.  It's only activated if you
> click on a link within the email.

 	Exactly. Sorry - I should have made that clear in my initial
 	email. Given that... any objections?

>>
>> There should be a way to disable this support, so people who just want
>> to read mails and not to bother with links in it will not be caught by
>> starting a browser.
>>
>> Bernd
>>
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> 		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
>

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