Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2000 02:42:51 +0000 From: "Brian K . Walters" <bkwalters@lucent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lynx forbidden Message-ID: <20000402024251.A3917@kagan.quedawg.com> In-Reply-To: <20000330113843.A1103@laptop.firehouse.net>; from abc@bsdi.com on Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 10:38:44AM -0600 References: <20000330113843.A1103@laptop.firehouse.net>
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On Thu, Mar 30, 2000 at 10:38:44AM -0600, Alan Clegg wrote: > Out of the ether, Benjamin Lutz spewed forth the following bitstream: > > Well, I still have a question though: Why was Lynx marked "forbidden" > > at all, leading to misunderstandings? Or the standard unix user > > expected to be able to do this basic kind of "hacking"? > > The lynx port is marked forbidden due to security problems. > > There is no misunderstanding. > > If you want to open yourself (and your users) up to buffer overflows in > the code, you are more than welcome. > > AlanC In light of that is there a recommended replacement for lynx until the security holes are worked out. Unfortunately I need something to view html marked up emails in mutt. I am replaced linux with freebsd on my home machine and I would like that same functionality. What other programs are out there like lynx that I could use in my .mailcap file to view html marked emails in mutt? TIA -- Brian K. Walters bkwalters@lucent.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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