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From: jhm+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Jim Morris)
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Subject: Re: Multi-media mail standards; Forw: Use of ODA in the Internet
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Date: 15 Aug 90 19:21:31 GMT
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I generally agree with you that the activities of active mail messages
could be sufficiently circumscribed to prevent it from doing damage to
a local environment. However, one of the most useful things an
active message might do is send mail messages to other places, and the
possiblity for mischief is high.