you try contacting the admin of the domain about it? On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:24 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: > I appreciate the info but I'm not sure it explains anything.  My suspicion > is that it might be a link to some embedded malware or something nasty.  The > fact that hovering the mouse over the link shows the resolution to be > "about:blank" and that there was an image attached to the email make me > wonder if it might point to something embedded in the image that purports to > be the "about:blank" page but also contains some kind of malware. > > I did not want to click on it even though I was on linux.  I did want to try > to figure it out in case I should let my friend know about it (he runs > windows).  I have no idea how to figure that out. > > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 3:22 PM, James Finstrom > wrote: >> >> The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) schemes, "cid:" and "mid:" allow >> references to messages and the body parts of messages. For example, >> within a single multipart message, one HTML body part might include >> embedded references to other parts of the same message. >> >> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2111.txt >> >> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Dazed_75 wrote: >>> >>> Got an email from a friend.  It includes a link that looks strange and >>> seems to have no place in the context of the email.  Hovering the cursor >>> over it seems to show that it resolves to "about:blank".  Here is is with >>> some spaces inserted to make it not be active: >>> >>> cid : 82 E5A786026D48CFB93EDE028A88F0EB @ SportdocPC >>> >>> Anyone know? >>> >>> -- >>> Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry >>> >>> The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain >>> occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. >>>   - Thomas Jefferson >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> -- >> James Finstrom >> Rhino Equipment Corp. >> http://rhinoequipment.com ~ http://postug.com >> Phone: 1-877-RHINO-T1 ~ FAX: +1 (480) 961-1826 >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/rhinoequipment >> IP: guest@asterisk.rhinoequipment.com >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, > that I wish it always to be kept alive. >   - Thomas Jefferson > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss