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Walter Mautner <nodeleaf.20.eatallspam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, the
inconsiderate organist, expanded:
> Kadaitcha Man wrote:
> ....
>> BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! You fucking flapping fool. In your typical
>> techno-fuckwit style, you vainly attempt to puff up your sunken head
>> only to succeed in not knowing the obvious. Whilst it is true the
>> image /may/ "be linked to a webpage" that may or may not "contain a
>> webbug", the answer to both the poster's questions is an unqualified
>> yes.
>>
>> Spammers, you brain-dead pisswit, link external images to each email
>> via a code number so that when the image is pulled from the website,
>> the spammer has confirmed a valid mail address.
>>
> You son of a bitch, that is simply wrong. I get such spams all of the
> time, and they accumulate in my spam folder<BITCHSLAP>
Can you verify your utterly fuckwitted claim without resorting to idiotic
statements such as "I know all about spam because I get spam!"? I doubt it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_spam
"Users are also advised to configure their e-mail clients to disable rich
content features such as HTML mail and automatic downloading of images.
Downloaded images can be used by spammers to identify valid e-mail
addresses."
http://www.private.org.il/harvest.html
"Another method of confirming valid email addresses is sending HTML in the
email's body (that is sending a web page as the email's content), and
embedding in the HTML an image. Mail clients that decode HTML, e.g. as
Outlook and Eudora do in the preview pane, will attempt fetching the image -
and some spammers put the recipient's email address in the image's URL, and
check the web server's log for the email addresses of recipients who viewed
the spam."
http://www.mcafee.com/us/threat_center/anti_spam/spam_tips.html
"These frequently contain a code that identifies the e-mail address of the
recipient, and can confirm the spam has been delivered and that you
responded. "
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/ieoeoverview.mspx
Windows XP Service Pack 2: What's New for Internet Explorer and Outlook
Express
"Pictures and images embedded in HTML e-mail messages can be adapted to
secretly send a message back to the sender. These are often referred to as
Web beacons. Spammers rely on information returned by these images to
confirm active e-mail addresses. Some spam messages contain Web beacon
images so small that they are invisible to the human eye-but not to Outlook
Express.
An improved defense against Web beacons is to stop pictures from downloading
until you've had a chance to review the message. Outlook Express in Windows
XP SP2 will now block images automatically in messages from people who are
not in your address book. This goes a long way in preventing the
verification of your e-mail address for spammers. It makes your e-mail name
less useful to spammers and may result in your getting less spam over time."
Google has about another 1,500,000 verifiable references you can check for
yourself. Go on, fuck off to google.
PS: And don't come back.
--
alt.usenet.kooks - Pierre Salinger Memorial Hook, Line & Sinker:
September 2005 and April 2006
"K-Man's particular genius, however, lies not merely in his humour,
but his ability to make posters who had previously seemed reasonably
well-balanced turn into foaming, frothing, death threat-uttering
maniacs" - Snarky, Demon Lord of Confusion
"If the truth be known, the only reason Osama is still on the loose is
because he himself hasn't fallen victim to the K-Man." - Wog George
Thou wanton changing woman. Thou boot-licking profligate.
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