2011/10/12 Bowie Bailey <bowie_bai...@buc.com>: > Please keep list traffic on the list.
sorry but you reply only to me first ! Check it! > On 10/12/2011 3:25 PM, Christian Grunfeld wrote: >> I see all genuine (non-spam) mails for subscriptions, checking and >> activating accounts showing the long and crapy url ! >> And when the url is hidden and text is shown you have 99% phising chance. >> It is true that other good mails like paypal ones sends you a button >> and it would be bad idea to show the url inline. >> >> >> 2011/10/12 Bowie Bailey <bowie_bai...@buc.com>: >>> >>> Right. I wasn't referring to your idea, I was replying to someone else >>> who mentioned the __SPOOFED_URL rule. >>> >>> Writing in the real url is certainly an option and maybe not even a bad >>> idea in certain cases. However, just keep in mind that this will be >>> UGLY. In most cases (of non-spam) the real url is some sort of long, >>> obnoxious tracking url. >>> >>> Do you really want to stick something like this: >>> >>> http://engage.advancedpublishing.com/t?r=45&c=17003&l=1046&ctl=50580:22813295B3FE26F750565933A5FBF73C4E8B5F87901A15B8&; >>> >>> in the middle of one of your bosses nicely formatted html email >>> newsletters? (Just a random link pulled out of an email >>> newsletter...and I've seen much worse) >>> >>> I think it's better to train people to pay attention to what they >>> click. The people who can't be trained to do this are the same people >>> who will click the link even if you show them the real url. > > > The example I gave was taken from a newsletter where the url was > hidden. Almost all email newsletters that I have seen do the same > thing. Currently, most of the spam I'm seeing does not attempt to hide > the url at all. certainly why are seeing different spam !
