[Mimedefang] Anomy:HTML Cleaner

[Jeff Grossman]

on 8/16/02 7:43 AM, Rich West at Rich.West at divatv.com wrote:

> The Anomy::HTML integration in to MIMEDefang is rather limited.
> Actually, it is fully functional but not configurable.  By default,
> Anomy::HTML strips off EVERYTHING.. it acts in its most protective mode.
> Unfortunately, because of the way it is integrated into MIMEDefang,
> there is no way to alter the way Anomy:HTML works.
> 
> Anomy::HTML Cleaner is a multi-purpose application which "cleans" HTML
> email by stripping off any javascript code (preventing pop-ups and
> unexpected executions) and any potentially dangerous HTML code (links to
> outside sites which include viruses -- viruses which could intrude in to
> the system by side-stepping any prevention efforts performed by email
> virus scanners).
> 
> IMHO, it is a relatively good product, but a fair chunk of its
> functionality duplicates what MIMEDefang already does.  Hence, the
> reason it is integrated in to MIMEDefang in the way that it is: in an
> effort to eliminate any duplication of effort.  However, the end result
> is that Anomy::HTML is not configurable.
> 
> I was personally tinkering with MIMEDefang's integration of Anomy::HTML
> a while back to make Anomy::HTML more configurable, but I got
> sidetracked and have not gotten back to it...

Well, this sounds like a good reason for me to remove it.  I am thinking,
would it be best for me to just comment out the section of Anomy::HTML in my
mimedefang-filter file instead of uninstalling it?

Thanks for the info.

Jeff
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Jeff Grossman (jeff at grossman.name)