Postscript considered harmful with MIME

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From: Randy Carpenter
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:21

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I read in metamail's README that displaying Postscript in a MIME e-mail is
extremely dangerous (i.e. not secure).  It went on to say that printing
is relatively secure.

What's the danger?  Can a Postscript document shell out or something?

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From: syscrc@pickle.gsu.edu (Randy Carpenter)
Subject: Postscript considered harmful with MIME
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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:21:36 GMT
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