On 21.04.2012 16:13, Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote: --- Original Message ---
> 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. > Ok, the ones I ran across many years ago were JS related. -- Jay Garcia - www.ufaq.org - Netscape - Firefox - SeaMonkey - Thunderbird Mozilla Contribute Coordinator Team - www.mozilla.org/contribute/ Mozilla Mozillian Member - www.mozillians.org Mozilla Contributor Member - www.mozilla.org/credits/ _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
