>Oddly enough, I'm pleased to know that the majority of spam these days is
>in html format. I'm pleased because this improves Mail *Client* filtering
>since an html filter used in conjunction with other smartly laid-out
>filters can dramatically (<knock on wood>) increase their overall
>effectiveness.
>
>I have noticed, however, that simple text spam, which need not be html, is
>still in html format. What's the advantage for text messages to be sent as
>html? Just curious.
Most likely, they learned that from Microsoft, who believes all E-mail
should have an HTML copy tagging along, even if it is identical to the text
version (IE no HTML formatting). Outlook by default will send two copies
of every E-mail, a text version and a (usually identical) HTML version.
-Scott
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