Dave Morse wrote: > After switching to mozilla from a long line of html-incapable mail > readers, I've got a new concern. > > When I get html formatted mail with embedded images, mozilla dutifly > downloads and draws the images. AFAIK my friends never send me > html-formatted mail. But spammers do, and they get a web server hit, > telling them that I exist and read their message, so presumably > they'll spam me and everyone else more. Is there some way I can > switch off this feature, w/o switching off inline images for the > web-browser? > > --Dave > >
One thing you can do is temporarily switch to offline mode before reading these messages. Just click the icon in the lower right corner of the window. If the message has a server call in it, it won't happen even if you're still actually connected. Works pretty well for me.
