Posted by JuggleEwok from spider-wg062.proxy.aol.com on February 03, 2001 at 00:28:49:
In Reply to: Don't be too sure... posted by Jay on February 02, 2001 at 18:47:26:
: If the e-mail provider can read HTML, it's possible to prompt the download of the file once the e-mail is opened. Sometimes a second is all it takes.
Don't most email providers have an option you can select that will block all automatic downloads? I'm pretty sure I saw one of those at AOL, Mail.com, and Hotmail.