On 1/7/07 11:03 PM, "Bellwether" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 1/7/07 1:22 PM, lindsay jones wrote: > >> If I send myself a letter, I get a notice back saying I read it, and I'm >> using Entourage. However, there are definitely times when I do not get a >> notice back and people have read the email. It's a little inconsistent, but >> from my limited knowledge, Entourage does work with it. > > I just set up my account to test it. > > It works (you get a "read" notice) if you click to "Download Pictures" when > you read the email. If you don't, you don't trigger their invisible beacon > and you don't get a notice. > > Interestingly, it turned my Plain Text email into HTML -- I suppose so it > could embed the beacon without showing an attachment? It does that because the image is stored on a web server, and HTML code naturally allows one to embed an image stored on the web. Attached images are just that, so they aren't stored on a web server, and download statistics are not applicable. -- Mickey Stevens (Microsoft MVP for Office:mac) Office & Mac Resources: <http://home.earthlink.net/~mickey.stevens/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
