Michael Moncur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This also appears to be connected (whether with their knowledge or not) > to DoubleClick, the relatively respectable banner-ad company. Here's a > "remove" URL from the message: > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3824278;6743144;o?http://home.ingdirect.co m/ > promo/promo_set.asp?p=%9BURdVw%AC.
I would take issue with the "relatively respectable" part: DoubleClick is infamous for what many consider invasion of privacy in their aggressive use of cookies and "web bugs" to track people's web-surfing. In any case that "remove" URL looks like a revenue-generating ad link. Clicking on it will present you with an ad, give DoubleClick some tracking information about you (and a whole lot more information as you continue to surf if you have cookies enabled), and will cause DoubleClick to pay a few cents to the spammer for the referral. I think that a doubleclick.net URL embedded in an email should be a very strong indicator of spam. -- sidney _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
