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Auto RUN
#988
Author: Jamie
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 00:00
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Is there a way that i can use Java script to automatically run an appliction
attached in an E-Mail ???


I would be grateful for any help given!

PLEASE REPLY TO NEWSGROUP

Jamie
Re: Auto RUN
#989
Author: Jason Zaugg
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 00:00
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This sort of functionality is a Bad Thing. Imagine attaching an executable
to "deltree c:\*.* /y", and emailing to the world. Makes the Melissa look
tame! The only client that might allow this sort of thing is Outlook. I'm
fairly sure its security holes are in its JVM implementation, not JScript.

Jason.

Jamie <nottellin@secret.secret> wrote in message
news:Hxi_3.1324$gG2.34441@nnrp4.clara.net...
> Is there a way that i can use Java script to automatically run an
appliction
> attached in an E-Mail ???
>
>
> I would be grateful for any help given!
>
> PLEASE REPLY TO NEWSGROUP
>
> Jamie
>
>
Re: Auto RUN
#992
Author: Benjamin Johnston
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 00:00
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

------=_NextPart_000_005B_01BF36D9.B2630460
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

TestingReceiving Message...
(This will only work in outlook express)=20

------=_NextPart_000_005B_01BF36D9.B2630460
Content-Type: text/html;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Testing</TITLE>
<META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" =
http-equiv=3DContent-Type>
<META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV id=3DBodyText>Receiving Message...<BR>(This will only work in =
outlook=20
express) </DIV>
<SCRIPT>

var text =3D "Outlook Express lets you embed JavaScript within the =
message, but will generally not allow you to do file edits or =
writes.\n\nThis message itself is made possible with JavaScript in =
Outlook\n\n-Benjamin Johnston\ns355171@student.uq.edu.au\n\nPS. =
Depending on the use, it is possible to auto-execute certain code =
(indirectly), but I think that recipients would prefer to hand-execute =
attachments. :)";
var current =3D "";
var count =3D 0;

setTimeout("update()",500);

function update() {
	current =3D current + text.charAt(count);
	count++;
	BodyText.innerText =3D current;
	if (count<text.length)
		setTimeout("update()",4);
	else
		BodyText.innerText =3D text;
}
</SCRIPT>
</BODY></HTML>

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