Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 23:57:04 -0500 From: thaughey <thaughey at acnet.net> To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> Subject: [WSFA] Re: HTML messages and why they are bad [was: Re: [WSFA] Re: Quoting] Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org> Those shorts are a true example of science fiction. They aren't really made for human beings. Look closely at the description. There's no fly. What's more the XXL model fits a 40 inch waist. What strange, skinny creatures do these shorts fit? I imagine they're used chiefly in the capitol and the White House. Those are, after all, no fly zones. --Tom Haughey Steve Smith wrote: >Mike B. wrote: > >>... At the very least, the SPAMmer knows that his message got >>through to someone at your IP number and can use that to justify selling >>more SPAM services in future, and to direct more SPAN your way. >> > >Actually, more than that. Most of the "Web bugs" that I've seen appear >to have some kind of code embedded in them. I suspect it's your e-mail >address -- if the spammer gets a hit on the image, he knows that the >e-mail address is "real". Fortunately, Thunderbird lets you turn off >remote images in e-mail, and I suspect other mail clients do too. > >Also, a nit. SPAM is a tasty meat byproduct consisting of water, salt, >cholesterol, and saturated fat. Spam is Unsolicited Commercial E-mail. > (The nice folks at Hormel would really like us to talk about UCE >instead of spam, but it ain't gonna happen.) > >See <http://www.spam.com> for more than you want to know about the meat >version. (Warning -- it comes with background music.) (Don't miss the >glow- in- the- dark SPAM boxer shorts, ><http://www.spamgift.com/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=982>) >