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What about return receipt emails?

Posted By: Dave M (eDave) <maudman@NOSPAMyahoo.com>
Thursday, 18 May 2006, at 5:08 p.m.

In Response To: The best way I've found to avoid it all.... (Sandi Bowman)

> There you have the best argument for opening and checking things in
> webmail as opposed to downloading them and opening on your computer. Of
> course, if you have PocoMail, like I do, then you can preview any number
> of lines you choose without opening. If it's spam, I just click leave on
> the server and next time I'm there I just delete it. My NOD 32 won't let
> viruses etc through so it's fairly safe to do this. I don't delete it from
> my computer or open it there either until I know it's something I want.

But what about delivery and/or read receipts? If the spammer sent the email with "return receipt requested", a lot of webmail clients will automatically generate that receipt and you'll never know it. Of course, this only happens if you open the message in your browser to read it. If you can tell for sure it's spam just from the subject line, then simply deleting it would not generate the receipt.

Some spammers are getting so convincing, that I find myself opening about 1/4 of the messages to see if they're really spam. That's the downside of doing business online... you just never know when someone might be trying to contact you about something legit.

I've found that since I read a lot of my mail via a web-based client, that I'm getting even MORE spam now. If I download email at home with Outlook, I at least have that set to warn me if someone requested a return-receipt, and I can click NO!

Dave

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Stopping junk mail at work... (views: 562)
Dave M (eDave) -- Wednesday, 17 May 2006, at 6:31 p.m.
- Re: Stopping junk mail at work... (views: 537)
  Dennis Bevers -- Wednesday, 17 May 2006, at 7:34 p.m.
  - Nope (views: 578)
    Sandi Moses -- Wednesday, 17 May 2006, at 9:28 p.m.
    - Throw it in the recycle bin and move on.... (views: 542)
      pete -- Thursday, 18 May 2006, at 8:37 a.m.
      - Ooh, I LOVE that last idea, heh, heh, heh ;-0 (views: 545)
        Tonya -- Thursday, 18 May 2006, at 8:54 a.m.
      - That doesn't seem to help with the problem... (views: 537)
        Dave M (eDave) -- Thursday, 18 May 2006, at 9:27 a.m.
        
        Re: That doesn't seem to help with the problem... (views: 576)
        pete -- Thursday, 18 May 2006, at 11:35 a.m.
        
        Re: That doesn't seem to help with the problem... (views: 556)
        Sandi Moses -- Thursday, 18 May 2006, at 6:14 p.m.
    - It's form 1500 (views: 550)
      Bill Carton - the Roadie -- Thursday, 18 May 2006, at 9:16 a.m.
      - Re: It's form 1500 (views: 550)
        Dave M (eDave) -- Thursday, 18 May 2006, at 9:34 a.m.
    - Re: Nope (views: 549)
      Dave M (eDave) -- Thursday, 18 May 2006, at 9:21 a.m.
  - That could result in more! (views: 551)
    Dave M (eDave) -- Thursday, 18 May 2006, at 9:18 a.m.
    - Re: That could result in more! (views: 520)
      pete -- Thursday, 18 May 2006, at 11:37 a.m.
      - The best way I've found to avoid it all.... (views: 538)
        Sandi Bowman -- Thursday, 18 May 2006, at 4:43 p.m.
        
        What about return receipt emails? (views: 552)
        Dave M (eDave) -- Thursday, 18 May 2006, at 5:08 p.m.
        
        Re: What about return receipt emails? (views: 516)
        Sandi Bowman -- Thursday, 18 May 2006, at 9:20 p.m.
        
        Re: What about return receipt emails? (views: 567)
        Sandi Bowman -- Thursday, 18 May 2006, at 9:45 p.m.

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