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Wasn't there some cunning way of embedding a reference to a 1 pixel picture to detect if you'd opened it or not?
Yep - they would create a dynamic script (e.g. PHP) with a specific numeric parameter representing your e-mail address. When you open the e-mail, the script gets called with your number, and the row corresponding to your name in a database somewhere in Nigeria gets updated to the 'gullible' status.
That sort of foul business has thankfully long been relegated to the scrap heap by modern e-mail clients that ask you if you want to load the images in any given HTML email.
It's possible they think you're dumb enough to reply thanking them for their effusive praise; this confirms that the email address is active, making it marginally more valuable when they sell it to other spammers.
We all hate spam but I am completely puzzled by much of it. It doesn't offer viagra or invite you to send money to the widow of a Nigerian minister or contain a virus attachment or invite you to enter your bank details on a dodgy website. The message is just gibberish or there is no message at all.
A recent one sent via my business mail form just said "Your site is great, regards Valintino Guxxi" A quick Google shows that Mr Guxxi alias infoginimp-wd03.websys.aol.com has informed the entire world their site is great.
Can anyone cast any light on what purpose these messages serve to anybody including the senders?
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