Web Bug problem...

[Julian Field]

On 19 Jun 2006, at 14:23, Denis Beauchemin wrote:

> 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.

Is it generally agreed that the ALT text is a bad idea here?

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