Re: Emails and windows

I think that method was used in a recent email virus attack.  Most up to
date mail clients and virus software is set to prevent this.  A link
provided in the message IMHO is the most polite and safe way to accomplish
this.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig T. Harding" <info(at)guidenet.net>
To: "Onyx Graphics" <warfire(at)voicenet.com>
Cc: <hwg-software(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: Emails and windows


> One problem might be that many people have their HTML turned off in
> their email and rightfully so. Other than that, what you want to do is
> rather easy, but very irritating to many people. IMO, it's not right to
> open applications without the express permission of the owner of those
> applications. A browser window is a separate app from the email client.
> Why not just include a link on the email? If people want to take it,
> they can.
>
> Onyx Graphics wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm trying to create a email that when open will
> > open up a browser window with a html page.
> > Is this possible? Any help would be great.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Robert
>
> --
> Craig T. Harding - Association of Computing Machinery ACM
> Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers IEEE
> President - GuideNet, Inc.

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