[OT?] HTML email is evil - or, why we get so much spam

[Bill Marriott]

Bernard,

Yes, they're called "web beacons" and various other terms, and they're used 
by both legitimate and unscrupulous emailers. However, If you have images 
set not to display, you will still be able to read Rev's newsletters. 
Outlook and Outlook Express have this option, as does Apple's Mail on OS X, 
and Thunderbird on both platforms. Might I ask what mail client you're 
using? Just turning off images is pretty much sufficient; you don't have to 
disable HTML altogether.



"Bernard Devlin" 
<revolution at knowledgeworks.plus.com> wrote in 
message news:27C8B543-0141-47D3-922C-C59250C30F27 at knowledgeworks.plus.com...
> I'm sure some of you have seen this topic before, and I don't want to  go 
> into many of the issues involved in it.  However, there is one  specific 
> aspect of HTML email that everyone might accept is evil, and  perhaps it 
> is not widely known.  I'm bringing this up here, because  Runrev is one of 
> the few companies that sends me HTML email.