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1995-10-09 - Re: netscape mail starts java attachments upon get new mail…

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From: m5@dev.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)
To: jps@monad.semcor.com (Jack P. Starrantino)
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UTC Datetime: 1995-10-09 14:58:31 UTC
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From: m5@dev.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 95 07:58:31 PDT
To: jps@monad.semcor.com (Jack P. Starrantino)
Subject: Re: netscape  mail starts java attachments upon get new mail...
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Jack P. Starrantino writes:
 > Given JAVA's i/o capabilities

Java, per se, doesn't have any "I/O capabilities", in the same way
that neither C nor C++ do.  That said, it is the case that if your
mail reader allows incoming applets to send mail, you're in for
trouble.  

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