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TEXT/PLAIN: ALERT("OUTLOOK EXPRESS") Jul 25 2003 05:42PM
http-equiv@excite.com (1 malware com) (2 replies)

Re: TEXT/PLAIN: ALERT("OUTLOOK EXPRESS") Jul 28 2003 08:00AM
Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) (fabio pietrosanti it)

Re: TEXT/PLAIN: ALERT("OUTLOOK EXPRESS") Jul 25 2003 06:35PM
Denis Jedig (seclists syneticon de) (3 replies)

Re: TEXT/PLAIN: ALERT("OUTLOOK EXPRESS") Jul 28 2003 09:02AM
pre (pre geekgang co uk)

Re: TEXT/PLAIN: ALERT("OUTLOOK EXPRESS") Jul 27 2003 10:13AM
Stephen Cope (mail nonsense kimihia org nz) (1 replies)

Denis Jedig wrote:
> Internet Explorer seems to take no offense on Content-Types either -
> text/plain from a web server is happily rendered as HTML, if it contains
> valid tags.

This has been its /modus operandi/ for over four years:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;239750

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 239750
"Text/Plain" Content-Type Header Field Is Ignored

SYMPTOMS
Internet Explorer may not use the "Text/Plain" Content-Type header
field to properly open a text file on a Web site. For example, if a
text file has an extension commonly associated with an executable
binary file, Internet Explorer may try to run the text file instead
of opening it as text.

...

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft
products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

--
Stephen Cope - http://sdc.org.nz/

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Re: TEXT/PLAIN: ALERT("OUTLOOK EXPRESS") Jul 29 2003 08:53AM
pre (pre geekgang co uk)

Re: TEXT/PLAIN: ALERT("OUTLOOK EXPRESS") Jul 26 2003 02:59AM
Kee Hinckley (nazgul somewhere com)