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Pavel.Janik@inet.cz (Pavel Jan=EDk ml.) writes:

> do you think that this will prevent dumb people to save the buffer and
> evaluate it?=20

Yes.  They don't know anything about "M-x eval-buffer". ;)

> It is not about worms. It is about *#$! of people who click on
> something. I think that these people do not use Gnus :-)

I agree that this change doesn't substantially increase security.=20=20
It should be clear that it is mostly a PR thing.