M. E. Zawadzki [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > ||| Actually , you can be tracked by html. > ||| It goes something like this : > ||| Your email address and a unique user id are put into a > ||| database when the mail is sent; mail which > ||| contains a unique tagged object using the userid > ||| (<userid>.jpg, for example). > ||| A request for this object puts an entry in their access > ||| and/or error logs. Then one > ||| cross-references the log and the database. > ||| The tagged object may or may not exist on their server. All > ||| that is needed is the request and you > ||| are in the crosshairs.
Alan Williamson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] replied: > > Yes ... but so what? They had your email address in the first place. Yes, but until you opened up the email and implicitly requested access to the tagged image, they didn't know that you actually read the e-mail sent to that address. > and what difference is that from a plain-ASCII text email (like this one) > > htt://www.MarkZawadzkiNudePics.com/main509534.jpg > > most email clients will make this URL clickable ... so its easy to access. But you don't have to click on a tagged image in an html e-mail the way you do with a text link. You just have to open the e-mail. > So it gives you confirmation that you read it ... again big deal > ... so does > a Read Receipt. Yes, but Outlook and many other systems will prompt you before sending back a Read Receipt, allowing you not to send it. However, Outlook does not prompt you before downloading images in <img> tags of html e-mail. > don't know what your driving at here ... I hope things are clearer now. Just trying to help... -- Paranoid Roger ____________________________________________________ To change your JDJList options, please visit: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm Be respectful! Clean up your posts before replying ____________________________________________________
