From: Kris Paige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Question: if html in an inlet for spam, and some spammers can use web bugs for telling if a message has been opened, what's the point in the "bounce to sender" option?
Nothing. It was a bright idea when Apple first thought of it, but it's useless now.
Is it better to use this, or send it to spamcop to deal with?
Spamcop, if you wish to take an active role in trying to cut down on the spam.
Mail's new ability to turn off html and images by default (turning them back on only by request on a per-message basis) seems to be the best solution for passively stopping spam. That and getting an ISP or mail server that is aggressive about stopping spam (.Mac does pretty good, Earthlink seems to do fairly well too).
There are times when my business requires that I get or send html, so how do I do that safely?
See above. Mail's rules (and I imagine this would apply to other email programs too) can separate out the "legitimate" HTML mail you get based on sender.
_Chas_
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