Unfortunately, this is not a 'web bug'. If you point your browser to http://confirm.to, you will see that it's a Korean company providing detailed email tracking as a corporate service. You can track 30 email addresses for frrr, or pay $10USD for 600!!! I have forwarded this information to EPIC. John > > There is an interesting use of webbugs made by one outfit. If you > append .confirm.to to the end of the address you send a mail to > it will be sent to the original address (without the .confirm.to). When > a person reads the mail on an html mail reader it replies to .confirm.to. > They, in turn, send you an email specifying the time, IP address and > MAC address of the machine on which the mail was read. > -- > James A. Robbins > Network Engineer > The Ohio State University > Chemistry Department > > >
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