Web Bug problem...

Denis Beauchemin Denis.Beauchemin at USherbrooke.ca
Mon Jun 19 14:23:20 IST 2006


Denis Beauchemin a écrit :
> Denis Beauchemin a écrit :
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I have the following in MailScanner.conf (version 4.54.6):
>> Allow WebBugs = disarm
>> Ignored Web Bug Filenames =
>> # If this is not specified, the the old value of "MailScannerWebBug" 
>> is used,
>> Web Bug Replacement = 
>> http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/images/1x1spacer.gif
>>
>> Now when an email with a web bug is delivered it looks like this:
>>
>> <img 
>> src="http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/images/1x1spacer.gif" 
>> width="1" height="1" alt="Web Bug from 
>> http://www.directioninformatique.com/di/image/fr/shim.gif" />
>>
>>
>> In Thunderbird I see the ALT text which garbles the email...
>>
>> Is this a bug or did I misconfigure something?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Denis
>>
> I just figured something out: if I tell Thunderbird to show remote 
> images the display is fine.  But I almost never click that button...
>
> So... could the ALT text be discarded?
>
> Thanks and a good week-end to all!
>
> Denis
>
Julian,

I commented out the following line in Message.pm to get rid of the ALT text:
$output .= 'Web Bug from ' . $attr->{'src'} if $attr->{'src'};

At least the "Web Bug from" part should have been in languages.conf so 
people could have translated it in their own language.

Denis

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