Re: Unstoppable picture spam.

"Søren Jacob Lauritsen" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
news:[email protected]...
> anon wrote:
>> I think that the first thing you should do (not do) is about READING 
>> spams.
>>
>> NEVER, NEVER, EVER *open* a spam - many spams 'phone home' to tell the 
>> spammer that he has a 'live one' and the address is a salable commodity 
>> and worth money to other spammers.
>
> I use gmail. It will never open any pictures. Besides that, I've checked 
> the e-mail file. The picture is an attachment. It's not an HTML e-mail.
>

No, I mean do not open the spam at all (not talking about pictures or 
anything else) - just do not open it at all.

Many times the mail does not 'look'  like html, but if there is any 
formatting - then it is html. If it is html then it is very easy for the 
spammer to imbed a one pixel bit into the spam e-mail that DOES 'mail home' 
when you open it - you can't see the one pixel bit on the screen but it is 
there anyway.

Many people (unknowingly) send ordinary e-mails to their friends as html 
mail because that is the default method when the mail programs are installed 
on the computers.

-- 
A SpamCop user and forum reader,
Not Admin



> Regards
> Soeren
>
> -- 
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