GNU bug report logs - #21519
Gnus displays remote html content by default

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Packages: gnus, emacs;

Reported by: Rob Browning <rlb <at> defaultvalue.org>

Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 17:41:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: security

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Rob Browning <rlb <at> defaultvalue.org>
Cc: Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar <at> debian.org>, 798817-forwarded <at> bugs.debian.org, 21519 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 798817 <at> bugs.debian.org
Subject: bug#21519: Gnus displays remote html content by default
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2016 16:50:55 +1100
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Rob Browning <rlb <at> defaultvalue.org> writes:
>
>>> Gnus displays remote HTML content, such as (tracking) images, by
>>> default. I noticed this when reading [1] on debian-user <at> l.d.o.
>>>
>>> Most other mail clients (Evolution, Icedove) disallow remote content
>>> by default and require explicit confirmation. I think gnus should
>>> follow this example.
>>>
>>> Ansgar
>>>
>>>   [1] https://lists.debian.org/55f42a0a712cf_70bf3fc4828aabc09192484 <at> prod-rs-r13.mail
>>
>> Additional information here: https://bugs.debian.org/798817
>
> Gnus displays external images in newsgroups, but not in mail.  Were you
> reading a news group?

More information was requested, but no response was given within a 
month, so I'm closing this bug report.  If the problem still exists,
please reopen this bug report.

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