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From: Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>
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Subject: Re: Transparent task to task
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2025 13:10:27 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-06-02, Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> Now the topic is up.
>
> Am I the only one wondering why so much documentation use the
> TYPE command to activate?
>
> It bothers me a bit to have the TYPE command execute code.
>

What is the difference between that and performing a read operation on
a URL that causes a script on the server to execute in the background ? :-)

Simon.

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