Re: $ Genuine USD $500 reward for *legal* Outlook 2003 or Outlook Express ''hack''

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From: Steve Cochran (scochran_at_oehelp.com)
Date: 09/07/04 

Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 08:03:45 -0400

I can see no reason to wish for such a feature, if you are not a spammer.
If you can supply a legitimate reason for such a request, I might consider
it, although $500 is insufficient for such an endeavor.

The whole point in blocking the image downloads was to prevent what you are
trying to do.

steve

" $ Reward" <ServicePakTwo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:uHY_c.5129$cb5.4630@hydra.nntpserver.com...
> [third revised repost; see notes at end]
>
> Outlook Express and Outlook 2003 both now block <IMG SRC="http://...">
tags
> inside HMTL emails (for privacy, to block "address verifiers"). They also
> block a few other things - eg:-
> style="background-image:(url:http://whatever...)"
>
> I'll pay $500 (via PayPal or any reputable escrow service: your choice) to
> the 1st person to find any way of devising an email that can make either
of
> these 2 programs "phone home" when an email is opened.
>
> A) Outlook Express (with service pak two)
> B) Outlook 2003 (with all current office updates applied)
>
> It must be automatic (no action required by the recipient).
>
> "phone home" means the recipient email program must originate, or cause to
> originate, TCP or UDP traffic of any kind, on any port, to a server (which
> must be specified by the sender).
>
> Maybe there's an HTML tag that is immune to IE's
> "restricted zone" (https:// could be? - TCP traffic :-) ?
>
> Maybe there's a header which Outlook2003 will use to attempt
> do something (eg: resolve the domain of an email address to
> an MX record (UDP traffic) or check some kind of signature
> or hash in a header? It's got built-in junk-mail filtering
> for example - does it look anything up when running its
> filters?)
>
> Maybe there's a protocol that it doesn't block?
> telnet:// gopher:// mshtml:// ?????://
>
> Maybe there's a MIME type that it parses automatically?
> text/calendar ? application/powerpoint ? ???/???
>
> Maybe you've got a better idea than my lame suggestions?!
> If you're right, it's worth $500...
>
> This is *not* related to bulk emailling, viruses, hacks, privacy
invasions,
> and does not violate any known laws anywhere in the world. If you're
> pathologically incapable of understanding that sentence, do yourself a
favor
> and push the "del" key - I won't be reading any abuse anyone posts, and I
> frankly couldn't care less if you automatically think all strangers are
> liars.
>
> My real email address: ServicePakTwo@yahoo.com - is also on this posting:
so
> that I can distinguish between you and the spammers, please put the number
> 500 someplace in your subject if you need to contact me. Check this thread
> or ask me before starting - if I've posted a message saying it's done, the
> cash has been paid out already :-(
>
> All *constructive* questions, comments, hints, pointers, etc are
welcomed -
> reply to me or the group.
>
> This is not impossible - I personally devised my own Outlook2003 solution
> with some extreme lateral thinking: I doubt anyone else will copy my idea,
> but I'll still pay out if by chance someone else finds this too.
>
> Good luck, and if you sort it out - thanks in advance!!!
>
> Note 1: This is a revised repost - search google groups for "legal hack"
if
> you want to see my old Nov2003 or May2004 postings.
>
> Note 2: My Usenet server doesn't allow crossposting, so this is
multiposted
> to a few different relevant groups.
>
>