[Evolution] Bug#801223: evolution: please consider not rendering HTML messages by default

[Ansgar Burchardt]

Package: evolution
Version: 3.18.0-2
Severity: important

Control: found -1 3.12.9~git20141130.241663-1

Hi,

Evolution displays HTML messages by default, but (as far as I
understand) the engine used to do so it not well-maintained security
wise.  [1] was mentioned on IRC.

Please consider disabling rendering of HTML by default. Currently
users can disable this manually: Edit -> Preferences -> Mail
Preferences -> HTML Messages -> Plain Text Mode: HTML Mode -> Only
ever show plain text.

If you consider this request valid, it might also make sense to
implement the same change in Jessie. I marked the bug as found in
Jessie's version of evolution to keep track of this.

Ansgar

  [1] <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=751588#c3>