[pmmail-list] Another blank message (HTML)

[Kenneth Porter]

On Fri, 08 Jun 2001 09:49:39 -0500, Dave Hathaway wrote:

>Embed an image that is downloaded from their server and tells 
>them I have read the mail.  Many, if not most, commercial HTML 
>messages contain these things, sometimes with a pixel-sized GIF that 
>you don't even know is there.  HTML mail represents a dangerous 
>invasion of my privacy.  It should be discouraged instead of 
>supported.

Amen!

These images are called "web bugs". You can find lots of information
about them here:

http://www.privacyfoundation.org/resources/

Ken
mailto:shiva@well.com
http://www.sewingwitch.com/ken/
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