On 11/16/03 9:26 AM, chris enlightened us by writing: > >No. Emailer doesn't render HTML, so that URL is never resolved by Emailer. > >>(3) If the answer to (2) is "yes," would it be any different if the mail >>were being retrieved from another ISP/e-mail provider, such as my local >>broadband provider, .mac or another service? > >If you were to use a client that rendered HTML, then the act of reading >the email (even if you just display it in a preview pane) will cause that >URL to be hit and register you as a valid email address. > >The act of downloading the email does NOT cause that URL to be hit. Only >rendering the HTML will cause that. So you are safe to download and throw >it out all you want. You are NOT safe to look at it in anything that >renders HTML (which means any web browser, or most email clients). One way of viewing the email without the hazard (via dialup or broadband) which I have used is first to disconnect from the Internet (unplug the modem or the cable (which is connected to your cable/DSL modem), and ONLY then open the email in your browser or other viewer. Any attempt by the HTML to connect shouldn't work, and you can then quit the browser, trash the HTML attachment (and email), and reconnect to the Internet for normal stuff.
>Emailer is your safest route with these as Emailer will NOT render the >HTML, and thus not reveal to the spammer that you are in fact getting and >seeing these emails. I'll definitely go with Chris on that last - that alone would keep me using Emailer as long as possible. Jim Rohde ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
