Re: Replacement Email Client

From	David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Replacement Email Client
Date	2020-10-26 22:10 +0100
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On Mon 26 Oct 2020 at 20:48:26 (+0000), Joe wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Oct 2020 10:10:10 -0400 Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 01:49:05PM +0000, Curt wrote:
> > > On 2020-10-26, Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:  
> > > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 12:38:36PM +0100, Michael wrote:  
> > > >> he is talking about filling in forms, etc. that are part of the
> > > >> html email. guys, ever heard of the <form>...</form> html tags?
> > > >> that's what he means.  
> > > >
> > > > But what would the form's Submit action be?  
> > > 
> > > 
> > > <!DOCTYPE html>
> > > <html>
> > > <body>
> > > 
> > > <h2>HTML Forms</h2>
> > > 
> > > <form action="/action_page.php">
> > >   <label for="fname">First name:</label><br>
> > >   <input type="text" id="fname" name="fname" value="John"><br>
> > >   <label for="lname">Last name:</label><br>
> > >   <input type="text" id="lname" name="lname" value="Doe"><br><br>
> > >   <input type="submit" value="Submit">
> > > </form> 
> > > 
> > > <p>If you click the "Submit" button, the form-data will be sent to
> > > a page called "/action_page.php".</p>
> > > 
> > > </body>
> > > </html>  
> > 
> > Yes, this is exactly my point.
> > 
> > If you've received this form from a WEB SERVER, then /action_page.php
> > refers to a script on that same web server.  Or the equivalent of a
> > script.
> > 
> > But if you're just reading this form in a FILE on your LOCAL MACHINE,
> > which is what email is, then what is /action_page.php supposed to do?
> > 
> 
> And if the full URL is present, will the website not still require a
> login before serving the page?

I don't know anything about the mechanisms that lie behind this, but
I don't think it would be sensible to email a form with an absolute
address on it. What happens when somebody mass emails a form with a
typo in the address, and people send their completed information to
one of these goog1e traps?

Cheers,
David.

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Replacement Email Client Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2020-10-25 01:10 +0200
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    Re: Replacement Email Client Ed <ed-debian@s5h.net> - 2020-10-25 09:00 +0100
      Re: Replacement Email Client Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-10-25 15:10 +0100
        Re: Replacement Email Client Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-10-25 15:20 +0100
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  Re: Replacement Email Client Leslie Rhorer <lesrhorer@att.net> - 2020-10-25 02:00 +0100
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  Re: Replacement Email Client Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2020-10-25 06:30 +0100
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        Re: Replacement Email Client Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-10-25 21:20 +0100
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            Re: Replacement Email Client Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2020-10-25 22:10 +0100
        Re: Replacement Email Client Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2020-10-26 01:30 +0100
          Re: Replacement Email Client Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> - 2020-10-26 01:50 +0100
            Re: Replacement Email Client John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-10-26 02:20 +0100
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                Re: Replacement Email Client Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-10-26 03:00 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client Michael <ml@hemathor.de> - 2020-10-26 12:40 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-26 13:00 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client Michael <ml@hemathor.de> - 2020-10-26 13:10 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2020-10-26 15:10 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-26 15:20 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client Linux-Fan <Ma_Sys.ma@web.de> - 2020-10-26 15:30 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-10-26 21:50 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-26 22:00 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-10-26 22:10 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client "Jeremy Nicoll" <jn.ml.dbn.25@letterboxes.org> - 2020-10-26 15:30 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2020-10-26 16:30 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2020-10-26 23:50 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-10-27 09:20 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-27 12:50 +0100
            Re: Replacement Email Client Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2020-10-26 23:20 +0100
              Re: Replacement Email Client Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> - 2020-10-27 02:30 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2020-10-27 10:00 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2020-10-27 21:50 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-10-27 22:10 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client "Jeremy Nicoll" <jn.ml.dbn.25@letterboxes.org> - 2020-10-27 23:30 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-10-28 05:10 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client "Jeremy Nicoll" <jn.ml.dbn.25@letterboxes.org> - 2020-10-28 13:50 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2020-10-29 18:40 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2020-11-03 10:00 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client conover@rahul.net (John Conover) - 2020-10-28 00:20 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-10-28 09:40 +0100
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                Re: Free-services lead to increased RAM and CPU requirements John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-10-28 14:30 +0100
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                Re: Free-services lead to increased RAM and CPU requirements John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-10-28 16:40 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-10-28 13:30 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-10-28 14:40 +0100
              Re: Replacement Email Client Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-27 12:50 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-10-27 17:10 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-10-27 17:20 +0100
                Re: Replacement Email Client John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-10-27 17:40 +0100
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      Re: Replacement Email Client Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2020-10-27 14:00 +0100
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    Re: Replacement Email Client Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2020-10-25 19:00 +0100
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