Re: READ RECIEPTS automatically generated

[jlewis1957 () netscape net (Jeff Lewis)]

<draconis () camalott com> wrote:

> This is an excellent utility for read receipts:
>
> http://www.grinningshark.com/

Found it, installed it and I am evaluating it as we speak. Especially like the tool it has where it automatically 
detaches and quarantines all files based on extension.

I now have a column in Outlook displaying read receipts as a checkbox. You have to hunt a little in the All Mail Fields 
of Customizing the Current View to enable it.

As a result, all of the messages that I suspected of having something hidden for a generating the read receipt request, 
don't have anything hidden. At least not according to Outlook. The check boxes all show that one was legitimately 
requested. 

Since I have this option absolutely turned off, why did Outlook send them anyway?

I even pasted all the URLs from one of the messages into Sam Spade's URL Browser to see if there was any code there. 
Didn't find anything, but I wasn't going to go through multiple redirects either. Doesn't mean that something isn't 
there, just that I didn't dig that deep. Especially since the Outlook read receipt request is obviously there. I also 
wanted to be certain that I wasn't validating my email address by accessing the URL. That tactic became quite obvious 
through what the redirects were displaying.

OK. I'm stumped. Where to next?

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