Re: [cobalt-users] Stop eZula from stealing bandwidth

["Farhan" <amit@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On Sat, 11 Aug 2001 16:33:36 +0100, Dave Robinson mumbled something
> like: >>To disable smart tags..add this meta tag to your pages. >>Tag:
> <meta name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" content="TRUE">
> 
> *Seems* to work with SurfPlus, definitely does not work with TopText.
> I need to do some more testing with SurfPlus to determine whether it's
> actually blocking it or not.
> 
> In the article that started this thread, it said that M$ had backed
> off of the use of SmartTags because of these very issues (copyright,
> etc.). But if the technology is still there in IE, then that could be
> how these theives are doing it.
> 
> --
> CarrieB
> "Disarmed citizens encourage crime and violence. Armed citizens 
> encourage criminals to find a safer line of work." --Harry Browne

According to MS smart tags are being removed from the gold code 
of IE 6 which will come out of beta next week sometime (or the 
week after knowing MS) . Let see how that works with theses 
"browser hijackers".

Amit