I've received an e-mail, from a trusted business source, that dials up my default Internet Connection when I open it to read it off-line. Having dialled up, it doesn't seem to go to any site or open the Outlook Express reply page.
The e-mail contains several normal visible links to other pages/sites and and a reply e-mail address that opens the OE reply box normally.
Anybody got any ideas on how this "feature" can be disabled? I've not come across it before and can't find a reference to it in my TechNet notes.
This is W2K with IE/OE 5.5.
[Edit: Meanwhile, I've had a look at the HTML in the original message and it seems that this may be a subterfuge to let the originator have statistics on how many times his e-mail is opened. For companies that are continuously on-line it wouldn't be noticed by the reader. I have "send acknowledgment" disabled. It must be a simple hit-counter on the site in question.
A bad ploy to use against people you are trying to impress!]
[ 26 November 2001: Message edited by: fobotcso ]