E-mail that crashes PMMail 2000

Simon Bowring pmmail@rpglink.com
Thu, 13 Apr 2000 14:35:46 +0100 (BST)


>Yep, test for the small number of allowable cases, then reject as badly
>formed anything that doesn't behave in this way.

You would initially think so, but it's actually far more complex 
than that, because you really have to cope with detecting and fixing 
"errors" in the html, like dealing with both legal and illegal
missing </..> closures etc.

So much HTML that is "out-there" is broken, and many automatic 
tools produce broken HTML!

<change-the-record>
  Just one of the many problems with HTML in general, and another 
  contributer to it's unsuitability for use as rich text mark-up for 
  email ;-)
</change-the-record>!

Simon