Hi Nick,
On 24 November 2000 at 10:01:53 +0000 (which was 10:01 where I
live) Nick Gordon wrote and made these points:
RL>> In HTML-based emails that have embeded images, the images don't
RL>> display. Instead I see an "exclamation picture".
NG> I might get this all wrong (I'm new to The Bat! and this is my first
NG> attempt to tell someone else what's going on,
Welcome to the list and the community.
NG> ... this is the vehicle used by email viruses and worms to ask
NG> your system to do things that (a) tou don't know about and (b) you
NG> might not want done if you did.
NG> If I've got this wrong, someone please tell me (but I hope I haven't)
You haven't. Nicely put. Although images of themselves are not likely
to be viral, the principle stands. More importantly, an off-line mail
reader should certainly *not* perform implicit on-line functions, like
fetching non in-line images.
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Cheers,
.\\arck
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