oi S!! i've been getting quite a few lately to my h0f email addy that do the same thing... i use the bat and have it configured to show email in text ..with the option to flip over to html... and lately alot of them having been opening up in html format..
i also use b9 from firetrust.com to filter all my messages though... so at least they won't get any tracking from me. that bastages ------------------------------------ Sunday, August 10, 2003, 5:07:30 PM, you wrote: SID> I can only assume because this message came into my inbox in SID> html format (though I don't view email in html format), that SID> the whole purpose of this spam is to try and create a SID> message which will not be perceived by many spam filters as SID> spam and therefore allow the message to confirm their email SID> address as valid by viewing or previewing the message in SID> html which contains a "web bug" image which sends the email SID> data back to their server. Granted the fact that my email SID> address isn't confirmed won't do much for the fact that I SID> still get dozens of spam every day. SID> Thought some folks on the list might find this interresting SID> if not especially helpful. SID> s. isaac dealey 972-490-6624 SID> team macromedia volunteer SID> http://www.macromedia.com/go/team SID> chief architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to SID> onTap is open source http://www.turnkey.to/ontap SID> --- START OF FORWARDED MESSAGE SID> ---------------------------------------------- SID> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nanci Bigornia) SID> Date: 08-10-03, 3:50:34 PM SID> Subject: sandpaper SID> boon courtiers bluffs boardinghouse accounting scram SID> acquiesced humorousness costly humbling crops appleby SID> scrimmage mewed exorbitantly exempt testy scrapbook tara SID> boomerang benedict bounced exasperated mesa addictions SID> megaword hydrate credulity activator couriers atropos SID> bothering portmanteau matchmake expelling scriptural host SID> accumulating cretinous midwest aleck medians schoolmate SID> poinsettia cranked tarpaper meats exchanges bonfire SID> terminology acknowledgments borderlands exclaimers milieu SID> bogus mentioner hove exams existentialists branded scar SID> potting hurriedly botany bernardo matter ewes telekinesis SID> poet tear hotels tantalizing poises secondarily mechanized SID> explicable imbroglio craven accepts additional accountancy SID> advises alfonso SID> remove mail SID> boggling porcupine etymology crabapple hymn bolted scalar SID> address courtesy plowshare screen branch cot acculturated SID> poetic teleprompter scrolled mezzo scythe adverbial televise SID> cranberry hygrometer testaments middleman exhaustive SID> crackled thefts illogical hushed metro evaluation SID> metamorphism bentham telekinesis antigone theatric ploy SID> screech criteria acknowledgeable eunuch thawed bottleneck SID> tam countering sealevel idlers thence bosonic bolting SID> acculturated imitating podge ackley adaptors botching SID> advisably imaginably boroughs andrei arab astm exaggerated SID> criminal thankless bottling bottlers hostess scouring SID> exasperater meltingly scythe imitable correlates hornblende SID> teacart maturely powdered admirer metier hostesses SID> hospitalize SID> --- END OF FORWARDED MESSAGE SID> ------------------------------------------------ SID> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
