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On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 07:03:35AM -0800, Randy Bush wrote: > > > A message like this will usualy contain an html portion with an image in > > it that is a single pixel in size, that is white-on-white. It doesn't > > show up when you look at it, but it sends a request to the sender's > > specified website to get the pixel, thus showing them which email accounts > > are active. > > except for those of us who don't use browsers to read mail and have html > turned off in our mail readers. i just love those "get a mail reader that > can handle html" responses to my requests not to post html to nanog and > other ops lists. html ain't quite as bad as javascript, but with today's > html hackin' kiddies, it's a close contest. > > randy for those who tire of the increasing complexity of email(*) may I recommend /usr/ucb/mail - a (relatively) small, lightweight MUA. --bill (*) plus attachments, video/audio clips, goofy fonts, textured/scented "stationary", et.al. and/or POP/IMAP, procmail, spamassasin, black/white/grey-lists, DNS hacks, et.al.
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