[Ham-Computers] Spam

[jeff]

fkamp at comcast.net wrote:

> Since using Thunderbird I have not received any spam in my inbox that I 

Good point- I just started using it and the filter's decent.


> without opening.  That 'without opening ' is important.  Spamers can 
> tell if you open their email. Such opening confirms that they can 
> communicate with you and you can then expect lots more spam.

If you disable html and pictures, they won't be able to tell.
IIRC, your email client goes out to retrieve either an `invisible' GIF 
or picture, which is how you can be found.

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