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Story: Porn spammers sneak images into Outlook

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Posted by: Anonymous (Wednesday 23 June 2004, 3:13 PM)

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This article fails to communicate the reason for blocking automatic image loading is primarily one of privacy and not intended to prevent unintended viewing of adult images.

This behavior has been unchanged since the first day that Outlook 2003 was available. Spammers have been keenly aware of this behavior since before the release. So there is no news here.

Thanks for wasting my time. With a catchy headline but nothing to say.

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