Re: Embedded images in spam not parsing

"Mike Easter" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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> Posted to .spam and .help, f/ups to .help
>
> nighthawke wrote:
>> Been getting spam that has no text in body, just a image.
>> Ideas on how to deal with it?
>
> That is a stock spam which has no links in the body anyway, even in the
> graphic -- all that is reported or reportable is the spamsource, which
> SC offers to do.

I paste the base64 .gif into 
http://www.opinionatedgeek.com/dotnet/tools/Base64Decode/ & let it display. 
Of course there's *some* risk, since you have to allow it to come back 
binary, but it shows the pic so you can get the ticker symbol & user copy 
enforcement at sec.gov. Been doing this with every one of 'em.
AK

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