On Tuesday 08 October 2002 23:10 CET Theo Van Dinter wrote: > I just got some spam that included an URL like: > > http:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Now, we all know the www.yahoo.com bit is a username, but the "hostname" > threw me off. Sure enough, at least IE and Mozilla both convert the > hex to IP. Stupid browsers.
Looks like a spammer with a degree in applied computer sience ;-) If I recall right was there a security patch for the IE 6 which made it to ignore hex IPs. More braindeadness is found here [1]. Malte [1]http://www.pc-help.org/obscure.htm#more -- --- Coding is art. -- ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk