[NTLUG:Discuss] Email commercials

[kbrannen@gte.net]

Greg Edwards wrote:
> Ok I got another copy of the new kind of spam comming.  It was sent as 
> an HTML and I've stripped out the tags.  The addresses are there if 
> someone wants to play with em :o
...
> 
> 
> CYBERMERCIAL IS NEW TECHNOLOGY
> 
> After 3 years of research and development, we have created the newest
> form of broadcast media that will revolutionize the way businesses
> promote their products and services.
> 
> Its call a Cybermercial. 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.
...

Hmmm, a quick search on google for CYBERMERCIAL shows only 35 hits.  Here's a 
link to the most relevent one (I think, though it is hard to tell):

http://216.239.57.100/search?q=cache:Y2ogIvhclfMC:www.one-net.org/presskit2.pdf+Cybermercial&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

I would love to get one just to see what happens, but since I use Mozilla and 
have told it not to display images in HTML email, I don't think it would do 
anything, if I understand what I'm reading; at least I'm assuming the streamig 
link would be treated as such.  If not, you can bet Mozilla will soon have an 
option to not use the link, even if I have to program it! :-)

Kevin