Comments on: Fraud Alert http://sweaterproject.org/2004/12/20/fraud-alert/ Survival of the Knittist Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:34:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Help http://sweaterproject.org/2004/12/20/fraud-alert/#comment-1742 Help Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://droth.info/?p=411#comment-1742 Help for the children of tsunami-devastated countries Help for the children of tsunami-devastated countries

]]> By: DocWhat http://sweaterproject.org/2004/12/20/fraud-alert/#comment-1743 DocWhat Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://droth.info/?p=411#comment-1743 I get lots of these. All the time. Of course, I get about 1000 spams a day, so ... It's weird, because I read the email as text, I usually never see the underlying URL for the HREFs. For example, I get a lot of ebay scam crap. I checked the URL and it's legit. However, it occurred to me that since I don't use a web browser to read email, the HREF might be different. And, yes, it is. Anyway. I think that HTML email should always be stripped this way. It makes you immune to a bunch of known and unknown problems. Ciao! I get lots of these. All the time. Of course, I get about 1000 spams a day, so …

It’s weird, because I read the email as text, I usually never see the underlying URL for the HREFs. For example, I get a lot of ebay scam crap. I checked the URL and it’s legit. However, it occurred to me that since I don’t use a web browser to read email, the HREF might be different. And, yes, it is.

Anyway. I think that HTML email should always be stripped this way. It makes you immune to a bunch of known and unknown problems.

Ciao!

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