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>>>>> pinard@iro.umontreal.ca (François Pinard):

> [Florian Weimer]
>> Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes:

>> > Why don't we use emacs-w3m for converting text/html parts on Gnus?

>> Using w3m might have some nasty security implications (much like the
>> embedded Internet Explorer in Microsoft Outlook).

> Please elaborate. :-)

I'm guessing he's referring to the trick of spammers using HTML emails
with <img> tags, to verify email addresses.

(The URL in the "src" attribute of the <img> tag contains an unique
identifier for a particular receipient address)