Jay Garcia wrote: > Paul B. Gallagher wrote: >> Ed Mullen wrote: >>> I have absolutely no problem reading HTML newsletters and email in >>> SeaMonkey. >> >> I often do, because I have remote images disabled to protect my >> privacy. And the trend is to track readership by using web beacons and >> hiding links behind redirects via a tracking service such as Constant >> Contact, Salsa Labs, etc. > > IIRC, the only way that remote images can present a problem is by the > use of an embedded javascript routine in the image url. JS is disabled > by default in TB.
No, that isn't the case. All it takes is a link to a remote image with "parameters" added to the link. If you display remote images, you will be tagged; JavaScript is *not* needed. Spammers have been doing this for at least a decade or more. Sample: <img src="example.com/images/trackyou.gif? r=gp2jgh04jwlbposwp&a=bitj396943kgoasetgo" width=1 height=1> All those random-looking codes are specific to your particular email and address. These are commonly called "web beacons" and the web host will add you to the database of people who've read the email and have a valid address. Expect more spam. -- -bts -This space for rent, but the price is high _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
