Re: Postscript considered harmful with MIME

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From: Frerk Meyer
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 10:31

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Digitals mailreader 'dxmail' -Motif version- displays Postscript if the
mail body contains Postscript code. It is able to do so because DECwindows
have the DisplayPostscriptExtension built-in. Digital isn't famous for
not keeping security in mind, so could it be that harmful?
 
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From: frerk@tk.telematik.informatik.uni-karlsruhe.de (Frerk Meyer)
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Subject: Re: Postscript considered harmful with MIME
Date: 28 Jan 1993 10:31:54 GMT
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