[PLUG] Constant Contact html and w3m

Tomas Kuchta tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com
Thu Aug 19 22:54:10 UTC 2021


On Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 17:24 Keith Lofstrom <keithl at kl-ic.com> wrote:

> Many mailing lists use Constant Contact.  The mails arrive
> as an ascii version and an html version.  The unformatted
> ascii version is unreadable.  The html version is readable,
> but I don't use complex web browsers on random content sent
> from uncertified sources - I hope to avoid zero day attacks.
>
> I sorta trust Constant Contact, and look at the formatted
> html version with w3m.  I presume w3m is a simpler tool,
> and not a likely target for attack.
>
> Is this naive?
> .


I may be naive ....

I do not consider html email unsafe to look at in normal/maintained Linux
mail client or browser - AS LONG AS I DON'T CLICK ON LINKS.

I occasionally use w3m or even better - browsh. I do not do it for
security, I use text based browsers for convenience via ssh.

I cannot praise enough browsh - it is magic - you should try it.
https://github.com/browsh-org/browsh

Best, Tomas



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