[MlMt] Image proxy

[davecc0000]

Yes correct Bill.

If I mouse-over a link it will typically be a long sequence of digits which is coded to identify me to the spammer when I load that image. No way around this—if you load the image you will verify to the spammer your address as valid. No behavior of any mail client nor anti-malware effort can change this.

I have searched for the subject of the image (if a description is given in the spam mail) and sometimes been able to view it independent of the spam mail link with a web browser.

Dave



> On Jun 4, 2018, at 7:35 AM, Bill Cole <mmlist-20120120 at billmail.scconsult.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 4 Jun 2018, at 9:37, Alexandru Nedelcu wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> One thing I miss in Mailmate vs webmail is the ability to show images without leaking my IP or other identifying info — something that GMail or FastMail are able to do when using their clients.
> 
> You are over-crediting that functionality.
> 
> A webmail provider that proxies images may "protect" you from the sender discovering your IP address (a trivial piece of information that in most cases isn't worth collecting) but you cannot depend on that. It DOES NOT protect you from email address verification and in some cases has been intentionally designed to avoid disrupting "open tracking" by senders. It's an anti-malware and UI tactic, not part of a privacy strategy.
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