On Tuesday 08 June 2004 00:23, Chad Perrin wrote:
> Pete S. wrote:
> > Rule of thumb... never respond to spam or click on links in spam (suggest
> > receiving in text only e-mail). Many of the links that have unique
> > identifiers (such as the one below) will identify that there is a "warm
> > body" on the other end of the e-mail. Bang, your in their database.
>
> Exactamundo. That URL was probably mostly identification data that
> indicates a particular entry in their database which in turn indicates what
> email the response is coming from. By clicking on that link, or even
> copying and pasting the link to the browser, you've confirmed that you are
> a real person with a real email address. That validates you on their spam
> list, and signs you up for further mailings.
Since ALL spammers are afflicted with the flash and trash disease another way
to limit spam is to set your filters to reject ALL html and java based e-mail
accepting only text based messages.
Frank
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