don't like HTML email? here's your fix.

[David Gaskill]

On Sat, 01 Apr 2000 07:29:45 +0200 (CED), Alexander Sarras wrote:

>But as long as it lasts _nobody_ at the institute I work is getting _any_
>support for pc-related problems if the problem is submitted to the
>support-contact as HTML-email!
>
>And that rule works. Wanna do ya job --> dont't use html in emails !

Alexander, 

I am delighted to hear that you have taken the first steps to prevent 
those that attempt to communicate in anything other than ASCII from 
communicating at all. I feel however that a great deal more needs to be 
done. 

For example when an e-mail in html format is received an auto 
responder could dispatch a virus which would wipe the senders hard 
drive and then install a small application that would ensure that any 
subsequent attempt to install a Microsoft operating system would 
result,at the very least , in the destruction of the machine's processor . 

This will not of course deal with the problem of clandestine html. It 
could be that some members of the Institute might conceal computers in 
their cellars and late at night dispatch html e-mails. 

This problem is only going to be eliminated by frequent and rigorous 
searches of the institute member's houses. These searches could be 
combined with verification that members of the Institute are only 
wearing clothing which has been manufactured from fabric that has 
been woven on hand looms ...

David