Moonrise2473@feddit.it to Software Gore@lemmy.world · 5 months agoThis is why you shouldn't allow URLs as a person namefeddit.itimagemessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageThis is why you shouldn't allow URLs as a person namefeddit.itMoonrise2473@feddit.it to Software Gore@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square48fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEl Barto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoNever trusting user input, sure. That, I know. And probably the university’s devs do as well. However, it’s not the university’s website’s fault that the email client is converting the name to a link. So what you’re saying is, email clients should not convert link-like text to actual clickable links. Correct?
minus-squareares35@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agothe university’s form allowed the link or link-like string in the text field. that’s on them. mail clients should at least be warning users about links it converts from text into clickable markup. yes.
Never trusting user input, sure. That, I know. And probably the university’s devs do as well.
However, it’s not the university’s website’s fault that the email client is converting the name to a link.
So what you’re saying is, email clients should not convert link-like text to actual clickable links. Correct?
the university’s form allowed the link or link-like string in the text field. that’s on them.
mail clients should at least be warning users about links it converts from text into clickable markup. yes.