Re: Format of embedded graphics

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

On Thu, 29 Dec 2005, Larry Seltzer wrote:
> Most of you, I suspect, read e-mail as plain text. For experimental purposes
> this message is sent as HTML with a graphic embedded with a question


The list doesn't allow HTML to come through.
:)

>  
> <outbind://218-000000005384F517C8AD9748884180DED30A6CDAA4615401/http://www.l
> arryseltzer.com/testimage.gif> 
>
> This graphic was a non-malicious WMF file that I renamed .GIF and embedded. 
>  
> So what happens to the format of such a graphic when embedded in an HTML
> e-mail? Is it forced to GIF or JPG, or is it perhaps still a WMF and
> potentially malicious?
>
> Larry Seltzer
> eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
> http://security.eweek.com/
> http://blog.ziffdavis.com/seltzer
> Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
> larryseltzer () ziffdavis com

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