Cleo, Language=NOHTML only deletes HTML if there is a plain text attachment with the post. If you read the links in my original post then you realize that a poster with malicious intent can create an HTML format email message that could do anything that they wanted to a recipient's computer. A few of the things that could be done are: o reformatting your hard drive, o flashing your bios, o cause physical damage by, for instance, changing hardware registers to make your CPU processor melt. An enormous number of computers could be destroyed before Anti-Virus vendors responded with updated AV definitions. It is quite easy to create a payload that could not be detected by a moderator but be armed when distributed through the list. Target attacks could be directed to specific individuals, employees of a specific company, or those residing in a specific country. I am not exaggerating the danger that could be hiding in any HTML format email message. Jim -----Original Message----- From: LISTSERV list owners' forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Scout Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 1:38 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: HTML posts make LISTSERV lists a soft target for hackers On 28 May 2001, at 11:35, Jim Walker wrote: > My post was to try to get LSOFT to feel our pain and change > language=NOHTML to respect list owners intent. thought it did? I'd rather it be a set command.. so it would be to the subscriber's intenet... or at least as much as non-complaint email programs allow. ...Cleo [log in to unmask]