On 08.06.02 08:38, Ben Bucksch Replied As Follows: --- Original Message ---
> Jay Garcia wrote: > >>Ok, you still do not understand. Email does NOT access port 80, only >>port 110 (pop3). You can verify this by sending yourself an html >>formatted email and observe the reception via a packet sniffer. At no >>time is port 80 in the picture, only the POP3 or IMAP ports 110 or 143. >> > HTML-Email *can* access port 80, if it embeds images on an http server > (<img src="http://sender/pic.gif";>), uses iframes, JS or whatever other > means. Bug 28327. > > Yes, that's what I meant when I said "rarely" accesses port 80. However, with the proliferation of Asia-Pacific HTML Spam, this is a lot more common now, cell-phone ads, etc. arggghhh And ... THANKS for the "View Message Body As" feature ... :-) -- Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion Novell MCNE-5/CNI-Networking Technologies-OSI UFAQ - http://www.UFAQ.org ** Post To Group ONLY, do NOT email **
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