Re: [Bulk] Re: Email encodings (was Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo speed comparison to other distros )

[Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1ists@yahoo.co.uk>]

On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:38:11 +0000
Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:

> > > K9 Mail can do both plain text and bottom posting.
> > > Both set in Account settings/Sending mail.    
> > 
> > It can write but forces html onto users, which potentially includes
> > jpg exploits, png exploits, html exploits, script exploits, font
> > exploits...  
> 
> What are you talking about? K9 forces HTML on no one, it sends plain
> text if you set it to do so.
> 

If you receive a html email you have no choice but to execute code to
handle as per my above examples.

> > Having knocked Android, I haven't found the time to try the latest
> > native email app. I'm not expecting a no html option but I'm pretty
> > sure it will have some major pluses over k9mail, which was a trade
> > of good for bad on Gingerbread.  
> 
> K9 is not Android, any more than yourfavouriteemailer is Linux. It is
> a program that runs on Android. As for being less capable than the
> native app, the opposite is the case as it is based on the code from
> the native app, but actively developed.

Googles mail is part of android and they do maintain it. I maintain
that while k9 has some improvements it also breaks things and I guess
would have not seen light without Googles initial efforts.