Re: Spam test

From: Fuzzy Logic (bob@arc.ab.caREMOVETHIS)
Date: 04/22/03

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    From: Fuzzy Logic <bob@arc.ab.caREMOVETHIS>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 21:54:54 GMT

    envoy <devnul@example.net> wrote in
    news:va88l1eqcr365f@corp.supernews.com:

    > slaX0r wrote:
    >> John Elsbury wrote:
    >> Go to online gambling sites
    >> Click the unsubscribe links on any spam you get
    >>
    >
    > Good ideas. Don't forget register with Bigfoot.com
    >
    > Also thanks to html web bugs, just opening all spam you receive while
    > you are online (be careful) will notify the servers that you have
    > received and the email. (About 25% of spam I receive has web bugs.) This
    > confirmation makes your address much more valuable and it will quickly
    > be sold to other spammers.

    Get a different email client that won't do this. I use Eudora and you can
    disable this. Outlook 2003 will have this feature. Here is an article:

    http://news.com.com/2100-1001-964166.html?tag=nl

    Here is a tip for Outlook Express that can help as well.

    While we're on the subject of safety and Outlook Express, Internet
    Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 has one more feature that can make OE more
    secure against mail-borne viruses and Trojan horses.

    Flaws in the way Microsoft's mail program automatically renders HTML
    messages (the ones that have full Web-page graphics and text) allow
    carefully crafted viruses to launch automatically. But a new feature
    blocks this automatic rendering; instead it gives you a chance to read the
    accompanying text-only version of the message (if any) and to open,
    ignore, or delete the HTML attachment.

    To view all incoming e-mail messages as plain text, choose Tools, Options,
    click the Read tab, check the Read all messages in plain text option under
    Reading Messages, and click OK.

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