[Mimedefang] DoD finally bans HTML e-mail

[WBrown at e1b.org]

DFS wrote on 01/08/2007 10:11:53 AM:

> I think you'd be better off filtering the HTML part through lynx -dump.
> You can even do it with some fairly simple MIMEDefang code in filter:
[code snipped]

> Be aware that this will consume quite a bit of CPU power, and very 
likely
> annoy the h*ll out of your users. :-)

Oh, I have no doubt of that it will p!ss off the users, and thats why no 
one wants to do it.  But if the ban spreads beyond the military and to 
other parts of the US governement, it might be possible to push for it 
here.

Guess I would just have to place an order for more hardware.

On my original suggestion, would it be worth blocking messages where there 
is either no plain text or it differs signicantly from the HTML in terms 
of blocking spam?