Re: [Exim] spam calls home

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Author: Richard Welty
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] spam calls home
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 12:21:54 -0500 Ken Lowther <hermit@???> wrote:

> Many spams now call home by requesting a 'zero byte' gif when you open the page.
> This is also used for other people wanting to see if you opened the mail. Are
> there any rules for checking this?


this is an MUA issue, not an MTA issue, making it offtopic here.

i think that more and more MUAs will offer an option whereby the "web bugs"
won't be automagically dereferenced. i know the one i use carefully avoids
dereferencing them.

richard
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