Hello Thomas, On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 14:17:44 +0800GMT (14-1-02, 7:17 +0100GMT, where I live), you wrote:
TF> This is a very good point: You *know* that the external contents is TF> safe, but it is not sent with the message for a noble reason: saving TF> bandwidth. But they don't save bandwidth. That's always a bogus reason. They have the intention that every recipient of their mail sees the pictures, since that's the way most mua's function. While sending the the pictures inside the message, the pictures will be sent less often across the internet, since most mail servers deliver multiple identical mails addressed to different users at one ISP only once at that ISP with a list of all intended recipients. When they don't send the pictures along, every recipient has to 'surf' to the pictures for himself and when you're viewing the message for the second or third time you've got to collect the pictures anew. So at best this way of not sending the pictures with the message spreads the bandwidth, but never saves it, to the contrary I'd say. There are two possibilities: 1) They link to pictures not at their own server, so they parasite somebody else's bandwidth. 2) They're doing something with the hits to the pictures. -- Groetjes, Roelof -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
