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

[David Lucas <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:59 AM 8/11/2001, you wrote:
> 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

I believe that the SmartTags are in the new version of Office.  They have 
backed off from putting it in the new version of Windows.