> From: "Graham Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> "Geoff Soper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > Can anyone think why a message from a private individual would ever >> > contain '<img="http://' ? >> >> Yes, if they want to show you (and probably other people) >> photograph(s). It would probably be easier (for someone who know what >> they are doing) to upload the photographs to a web site and embed the >> links in the email than to attach the photographs to each individual >> email. > > I've been known to point friends towards some interesting or oddball > ebay auctions or some news site pages of interest pertinent to recent > discussions. I've pointed to google search results to answer questions. > > The question looked so spurious to me that I didn't bother to answer > it. I thought it was an attempt at humor.
I wasn't talking about straight links, I was referring to the string '<img="http://' i.e. someone embedding an externally hosted image in an HTML e-mail. I'm guessing you mean a '<a href="http://' if you're talking about linking to Google search results. Geoff
