Comments for Can a sender tell where I'm reading my mail?

Comment from jay on 2009-03-10

2009-03-10T13:06:16Z

I copied a link to send to other recipients instead of just forwarding the email sent to me. Well,when I sent it to my son I realized the link went directly to the email in my inbox! Giving the recipient access to my email!
Why does it do that? Do I just have to forward everything that has been sent to me that I want to share with others?

Only if they know your password, since they'd have to login first. (I assume this is webmail.)

- Leo
10-Mar-2009

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Comment from ellen on 2008-02-21

2008-02-21T22:28:42Z

This is very interesting, it gives new meaning to "opening a can of worms"

How are you able to view an image without leaving information that a hacker or person can obtain illegally?

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Comment from hellboy on 2007-06-20

2007-06-21T05:18:48Z

hey greg bulmash,

does the ratware work efectively? can u plz give me the link for downloading the ratwre tool...

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Comment from shahzad on 2006-05-06

2006-05-06T13:46:47Z

my mail and their fill all abour my bio data form with sinepts is presents here if you want i can give and i have remember of my personal signature of my account ham47@hotmail.com

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Comment from Greg Bulmash on 2006-05-05

2006-05-06T03:01:27Z

I heard a great name for the software that purposefully inserts graphics (or "bugs") in e-mail to get information on who opened the e-mail and what their IP address is... "ratware". Furthermore, the graphic can have a unique ID code in the filename so that the person can not only tell the e-mail was opened, and what your IP address is, but associate that IP address and action with your e-mail address.

One of the reasons many of the major mail clients and mail providers stopped showing graphics in e-mails was because of this. You've probably been told: "don't unsubscribe from spam, because it confirms your address is valid, that you open spam, and you'll just get more."

Okay, so people wised up and stopped unsubscribing. Then spammers realized they could use this trick to verify that your address was good and that you open spam.

So now you have to approve the display of graphics in HTML e-mails on a case-by-case basis.

Sheesh.

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