Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
You can't block web beacons in webmail. All webmail sites, regardless
of who it is - as far as I know - have no way to block the display
of external images linked from elsewhere on the WWW. SeaMonkey and
Thunderbird do that easily.
Well, maybe you can...
Edit | Preferences | Privacy & Security:
Image Acceptance Policy
Specify how SeaMonkey handles images
(o) Do not load any images
(•) Only load images that come from the originating server
(o) Load all images
I'd be interested in hearing what an expert has to say about how
effective this would be. Does "the originating server" mean the website
you're visiting? If I visit devils.nhl.com, will I get images from nhl.com?
Of course, if "the originating server" uses web beacons, I'll get them
anyway, so they can track my navigation through their site. More likely,
though, they'll try to use cookies for that, and if I'm logging in to
read webmail, I have to accept them.
You can also use third-party software such as AdBlock Plus, but I'm not
sure how effective those things are because I can't see the difference.
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Paul B. Gallagher
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