I appreciate the info but I'm not sure it explains anything. My suspicion is that it might be a link to some embedded malware or something nasty. The fact that hovering the mouse over the link shows the resolution to be "about:blank" and that there was an image attached to the email make me wonder if it might point to something embedded in the image that purports to be the "about:blank" page but also contains some kind of malware.
I did not want to click on it even though I was on linux. I did want to try to figure it out in case I should let my friend know about it (he runs windows). I have no idea how to figure that out. On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 3:22 PM, James Finstrom < jfinst...@rhinoequipment.com> wrote: > The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) schemes, "cid:" and "mid:" allow > references to messages and the body parts of messages. For example, > within a single multipart message, one HTML body part might include > embedded references to other parts of the same message. > > http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2111.txt > > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Dazed_75 <lthiels...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Got an email from a friend. It includes a link that looks strange and >> seems to have no place in the context of the email. Hovering the cursor >> over it seems to show that it resolves to "about:blank". Here is is with >> some spaces inserted to make it not be active: >> >> cid : 82 E5A786026D48CFB93EDE028A88F0EB @ SportdocPC >> >> >> Anyone know? >> >> >> -- >> Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry >> >> The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain >> occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. >> - Thomas Jefferson >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > James Finstrom > Rhino Equipment Corp. > http://rhinoequipment.com ~ http://postug.com > Phone: 1-877-RHINO-T1 ~ FAX: +1 (480) 961-1826 > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rhinoequipment > IP: gu...@asterisk.rhinoequipment.com > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. - Thomas Jefferson
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