How are spammers getting images past my no-image default?
Post date: 2023-03-17 14:53:15
Views: 131
I use Thunderbird as my PC mail client. It doesn't allow images to load by default, and I have to allow image loading to let images into my browser. Recently, a lot of spam images have started appearing in my email, with no option to block the remote source. How do I stop this?

I'm partly annoyed because images are getting through, and also because as I understand it, image loading can at the very least ping that the email has been opened (even in preview) and the address is active, leading to even more spam.

I've put the full source of the email here: https://pastebin.com/PcgVffy7

An image of the email is here (now marked as spam, because I did that manually in Thunderbird): https://imgur.com/a/CdZZWEj

Thunderbird doesn't let me view mail as HTML natively, so I can't look at it that way.

How is this happening, and is there something I can do to prevent it?
Please click Here to read the full story.
 
Other Top and Latest Questions:
Trump condemns racist video showing Obamas as apes after removing it, but says he won't apologize
First the quarter zip, now a '401(k) mullet' — what Gen Z trends say about the economy
Berkshire Hathaway outperforms this week as tech stocks sink
Here are the 5 big things we're watching in the stock market this week
Super Bowl 60: Movie trailers and AI dominate ads; Bad Bunny halftime ahead
Elon Musk wants to be a trillionaire — here's how SpaceX may get him there
Tech giants in China sold off alongside their U.S. peers last week. How to play it
Kroger to name former Walmart exec Greg Foran as next CEO, WSJ reports
Federal judge orders Fulton County Georgia election case documents unsealed by Tuesday
Epstein files: Congressional lawmakers call for Trump Commerce chief Lutnick to resign, or be fired