Re: msgtag read receipts

[jseymour () linxnet com (Jim Seymour)]

"Ken Fox" <kenfox () starlinx com> wrote:
> Hi all -
>
> Basically it embeds a picture in the message
> that confirms being read by virtue of being accessed. I tried blocking the
> parent IP in my perimeter firewall but the image still renders, and the
> website will as well. obviously blocking all html in messages would be
> effective, but there's enough useful material coming in in that form that
> makes the cure worse than the disease ...
[snip]

It's just a URL.  If you're going to render HTML in your email client I
guess you're just going to have to live with the abuses that enables.

Personally, I discard HTML email unread.

Jim
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