On Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 03:55:52PM -0500, Rajko M wrote:
> It is not long time ago that I learned why they like html format, and
> how they get confirmation that your email address is active if you just
> open the mail. No need to click any link, it is not a virus, and you get
> spammed.
Old news. :-) I have never used an HTML enabled emailclient. That however
is still things you get over SMTP, not via browsing with your browser.
The only thing that could happen is if you tell your browser to send your
own emailadress when connecting to an anonymous FTP site.
> The IP address and email.
> Well the idea came from emails without any reference to mail address in
> the header that I received. How come? Mail server misconfiguration, bug
> or something else, sorry I'm not in the trade so I can't answer, but I
> was looking in a (raw) header and I believe that it is possible.
I don't. I have seen header spoofing, but I have always seen where a mail
orignated. I realy would be interested in seeing such a header.
> Now, if I suspect that I have data miners on the other side, I simply go
> around as much as I can.
Datamining is not something that spammers are realy interested in anymore.
They just send it to any account they think might be valid. And for the
few times I need to use a temporary account, I use [EMAIL PROTECTED]
:-)
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>From the day the male foetus' hands grow long enough to grasp at their 'third
leg', until the man in question is dead and buried, the penis is a constant
source of amusement and amazement to those of the male gender.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A219061
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