tracking image & patent alert. yumm
"Sounds to me like they just embed a simgle pixel gif in the message, and monitor when they recieve the request for it.
How they monitor the length of time the mail stays open is a bit of a mystery.
Turn off 'Download images' and I'd imagine their system becomes useless.
Wasn't there a scare about spam merchants doing this once?"
"Yup. Confirmed. [CUT]
Oh well. Should prove very effective against those without the sense to turn off images anyway. Lets hear it for making money from people's ignorance! "
"Sounds to me like they just embed a simgle pixel gif in the message, and monitor when they recieve the request for it.
How they monitor the length of time the mail stays open is a bit of a mystery.
Turn off 'Download images' and I'd imagine their system becomes useless.
Wasn't there a scare about spam merchants doing this once?"
"Yup. Confirmed. [CUT]
Oh well. Should prove very effective against those without the sense to turn off images anyway. Lets hear it for making money from people's ignorance! "
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