Gribbin, Francis J. wrote:
>>> For additional information see: http://tinyurl.com/26y8g
>
>>Wirt writes:
>
>>As a matter of policy, I won't click on any "tinyurl", simply because I don't
>>know what I would be getting in return.
>
> As an addendum to that remark, at least in an HTML email, the target of a link
> can be different than the visible text eg.
>
> <A href="http://www.google.com/">http://tinyurl.com/26y8g</A>
>
> This technique is often used in spam to direct the unsuspecting to nefarious sites.

And while we're making addendums, some people are comforted by looking
at the "status bar" when pointing to the link, before clicking it; but
the even more nefarious ones include javascript with an "OnMouseOver"
that makes the status bar display whatever they want it to as well.

Jeff

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