[pchelpers] Re: Spam Investigator

You are right about the links. They can be tagged with information about
who it was sent to, so anyone using it registers on their hit counter.
On the other hand, with this program doing the visiting it takes on a
new perspective. Instead of the customer knocking on your door it
becomes more like the grim reaper.
Mandi Wilson wrote:
> 
> that is very interesting!
> 
> Can a website track you if you click on the URL in the email though? I
> mean
> can they tell the click came from the email they sent to a particular
> person? If so, then wouldn't they assume from the program's visit that
> you
> are reading and clicking and therefore a live person to send even more
> spam
> to, or sell your email to another spammer?
> 
> I really didn't start getting a lot of spam until just a couple months
> ago,
> and I wish I could remember what I did exactly that caused it. :(
> 
> Mandi

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