4.53.7: phishing fraud endless loop

[Ken A]

If you have your own webmail software, just replace with the url/uri to 
a local spacer.gif image.
Ken A

Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> Jeff A. Earickson wrote on Wed, 3 May 2006 20:53:08 -0400 (EDT):
> 
>> Julian, what happens if some firewall gets between MailScanner 
>> and http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/images/1x1spacer.gif ?
> 
> Depends on what the firewall does ;-) This should not be any problem 
> during MS/SA detection since I assume MS replaces the URL only after all 
> is done. So, it's got any effect only when the message gets viewed in a 
> mail program that shows HTML and retrieves external images. If port 80 is 
> blocked it won't get retrieved.
> 
> Kai
>