Auto page start in an email

[Chris]

I have noticed a number of (spam I'm afraid) emails I have received lately
automatically link to and open a web page embedded in the email as soon as
the email is opened. I know that if you open a page the web server will
instantly have access to the IP.

I have two questions, 1) how is the link embedded such that it does not
require a click to launch it and 2) I use Outlook, how do I prevent it
opening the link.

Regards

Chris

 

[Evertjan.]

Chris wrote on 08 jul 2003 in microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

I have noticed a number of (spam I'm afraid) emails I have received
lately automatically link to and open a web page embedded in the email
as soon as the email is opened. I know that if you open a page the
web server will instantly have access to the IP.

I have two questions, 1) how is the link embedded such that it does
not require a click to launch it and 2) I use Outlook, how do I
prevent it opening the link.

Answer for Q nr 1:

not an asp issue, clientside coding.

Answers for Q nr 2:

- Never use outlook [like I never do] and this is not an asp issue.

- Read the Help pages of Outlook, this is not an asp issue.

 

[Ray at]

Answer 3.

Don't listen to Evertjan.'s suggestion of not using Outlook. Go get Outlook
2003. There are solutions for all problems that can arise from HTML e-mail.

Ray at work

Chris wrote on 08 jul 2003 in microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

I have noticed a number of (spam I'm afraid) emails I have received
lately automatically link to and open a web page embedded in the email
as soon as the email is opened. I know that if you open a page the
web server will instantly have access to the IP.

I have two questions, 1) how is the link embedded such that it does
not require a click to launch it and 2) I use Outlook, how do I
prevent it opening the link.

Answer for Q nr 1:

not an asp issue, clientside coding.

Answers for Q nr 2:

- Never use outlook [like I never do] and this is not an asp issue.

- Read the Help pages of Outlook, this is not an asp issue.

 

[Evertjan.]

Answer 3.

Don't listen to Evertjan.'s suggestion of not using Outlook. Go get
Outlook 2003. There are solutions for all problems that can arise
from HTML e-mail.

I am not an Outlook expert, never having touched it, except to unload an
inadvertent loaded version.

Still the marked leader runs the highest risk of a novel attack. Because it
tis the market leader as such and because therefore most inexperienced
cyber nitwits [mis]use it. [I am not saying this NG's crowd are among the
last !]

A single automatic download of an image will confirm your reading the mail
to a spammer. Doesn't Outlook load src=http://.. images anymore ?

 

[Ray at]

Wow, Evertjan., you've jumped to the top of my cool list. Do you know how
murderous I get when people say that Outlook sucks because it is so
susceptible to viruses? No one - now with the one exception of you -
understands cause and effect. No one seems to understand that Outlook is no
more vulnerable to viruses than any other mail client. No one seems to
understand that the reason that there are so many viruses that are designed
to proliferate via Outlook is exactly what you said. It's the number one
e-mail client. Who the hell would waste his time writing a virus for Eudora
or something? Obviously if you're going to write a virus for e-mail, it
will be targeted for Outlook. And then people say that Outlook sucks
because of it. Nobody gets it. Except you. Thanks! [:

Ray at work

Answer 3.

Don't listen to Evertjan.'s suggestion of not using Outlook. Go get
Outlook 2003. There are solutions for all problems that can arise
from HTML e-mail.

I am not an Outlook expert, never having touched it, except to unload an
inadvertent loaded version.

Still the marked leader runs the highest risk of a novel attack. Because it
tis the market leader as such and because therefore most inexperienced
cyber nitwits [mis]use it. [I am not saying this NG's crowd are among the
last !]

A single automatic download of an image will confirm your reading the mail
to a spammer. Doesn't Outlook load src=http://.. images anymore ?