Hallo Tom, On Wed, 21 May 2008 22:26:34 +1000GMT (21-5-2008, 14:26 +0200, where I live), you wrote:
T> I stumbled across this thread at Wilders T> http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?p=1245802#post1245802 T> dealing with the issue of some emails having secret coding included to T> report back to the sender not only when the email was delivered or T> read but even how long the email was open and more. It will work with TB, depending on your security consciousness. Basically it works by displaying an image that's stored somewhere on the net. This example is stored at mailtracking.com, but there are more of this kind. When you view an HTML message in TB the Download URL Manager will pop up. When viewing the URLs in the message it's rather easy to see whether some tracking image is included or not. Generally they've got odd names, the file name may even include your address, as it's used to track your access. The real images in the message usually are stored on the same server, whereas the tracking imag is stored on a different server or at least a different directory on that server. So when you're looking critically to the URLs, it's fairly easy to recognize them and tell the download manager to block those servers. Another method would be to view everything as plain text only. -- Groetjes, Roelof WINDOWS is to computing what Etch-a-Sketch is to art. http://www.voormijalleen.nl/ The Bat! 4.0.24.11 Windows Vista 6.0 Build 6000 3 pop3 accounts OTFE enabled P4 3GHz 2 GB RAM
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