On Mon, 8 May 2000, David Heath wrote:
> I don't want scriptable email. I don't see it as being useful and
> it introduces too many potential problems. I don't want things
> like mail client software to have access to my entire system (root
> privileges).
I don't have a problem with email being scriptable, howerver, it is
mandatory, in my opinion, that scripts be fired off only by the user, or
by facilities set up by the user (e.g. a scheduler or an event manager).
It is also mandatory, in my opinion, that the scripting language not be so
powerful as to be able to access system-level stuff. Java would be a good
example of how-to, VB a prime example of how-not-to.
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