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Subject: Re: BoS: Netscape2.0 sends mail to the world without authority (fwd)
From: nkeenan @ gsionline . com (Mr. Nick Keenan)
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 14:21:35 +0000
To: "KM" <goertzek @ wangfed . com>
Cc: firewalls @ greatcircle . com

>This is insidious; it means that E-mail messages, purportedly from me (and
>all traces will show they really are from me) can be sent anywhere, without
>my knowledge, with contents that I do not approve.  Further, it means that I
>can no longer count on browsing a site without my userid being disclosed.
>Unlike Java, there is no way to disable this.  [Also been submitted to
>Netscape.]

It is possible to disable email from within netscape by not specifying a POP
or SMTP server.  However, I agree with you that this is a nasty security hole.
Nick Keenan
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 gsionline .
 com
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