On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 10:22 -0600, Gustavo Seabra wrote: > >For goodness sake do not open HTML rich spam. They hide a little > >image that you cannot see. That hidden URL validates your address > >and that you 'looked'. > > > That's interesting... I've never heard about it before. Where can we learn more about this? > Do a Google search on "web bugs" or "web beacons." That DOESN'T mean that you cannot open HTML mail. > >YOU WILL DOUBLE or TRIPPLE your incoming spam if you look even !ONCE!, > >at this type of html junk mail. Use a text only view of mail for all > >messages. Use your HTML tools for messages from trusted senders. > > > > > Does just disabling images in email work to stop this? > Absolutely! > >I have noted that some of the posters here (unknowingly I believe) > >post from accounts that tag a hidden tracking image/URL in all mail. > >It is hidden in the signature of all their Multi-part MIME messages, > >even when they send text in the body. > > Name two. > > > > Is there any way to see this in thunderbird, for example? Or is it > something you can only notice with a text-only program? > If you look at the email source and find 1 x 1 pixel empty graphics those are often "beacons." > -- > -- > ---------------------------------- > Gustavo Seabra - Graduate Student > Chemistry Department > Kansas State University > ---------------------------------- > ________________________________________________________________________ Total Quality Management - A Commitment to Excellence http://www.TQMcube.com
