How to filter out image-based spam.

Macintouch has a clever tip on reducing image-based spam for Mail.app users. Users of any modern e-mail client (such as Thunderbird) should be able to adapt this suggestion to their own program.

Published by Waldo Jaquith

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3 replies on “How to filter out image-based spam.”

  1. …modern e-mail client…

    I’m guessing that excludes Microsoft Outlook, eh? Damn.

    As an aside, I love that the Macintouch site design has remained virtually unchanged over the last decade. I used to visit it on a daily basis back when I still had a Mac.

  2. The spamming technique works by using image attachments that are then referred to by the HTML part of the email — embedded images. So, this anti-spam measure will also take out Aunt Janet’s constant stream of cute kitten pictures — a win/win situation!

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