[NTLUG:Discuss] Spam is reaching new heights

[Steve Baker]

kbrannen at gte.net wrote:

>>> Cybermercials are 30 second commercials that are e-mailed to Opt-In 
>>> client lists and viewed immediately as the e-mail is opened on the 
>>> desktop of the recipient's computer.  Whether the recipient's 
>>> connectivity is low or high bandwidth, the intelligent program knows 
>>> and sends a high quality video to their desktop.
> 
> Yet another reason not to use Outlook* or ms-windows? :-)
> 
> I bet this won't work on Linux mailer readers.

 From the sketchy information available, it looks like this is
an HTML hack - so if you disable HTML mail and/or JAVA/JAVAscript,
you should be safe.  If you don't - then maybe you are still vulnerable
even under Linux.

HTML email is **evil**.  HTML is a great way to deliver stuff
that people actually ask for - but for sending things they may
not want, it's a total disaster.
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