[Esd-l] Mangle of embedded URLs

[Smart,Dan]

Thanks for the suggestion Chris.

Haven't had a chance to dig in yet, but on first thought, wouldn't this
break any embedded images in a newsletter?  My goal is to stop obfuscated
URLs that entice a user to click.

<<Dan>>


 

>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: esd-l-bounces at spconnect.com 
>  [mailto:esd-l-bounces at spconnect.com] On Behalf Of Chris Payne
>  Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 10:11 AM
>  To: Smart,Dan; esd-l at spconnect.com
>  Subject: Re: [Esd-l] Mangle of embedded URLs
>  
>  You could add a procmail rule to your global procmailrc with 
>  a Formail script to modify all occurances of  http:// in the 
>  body of an email to weblink://
>  
>  The rest of the URL address is in tact, but cannot be 
>  executed because weblink://  is not legal.
>  
>  
>  Regards,
>  
>  - Chris Payne
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  On 7 Jan 2005 at 9:40, Smart,Dan wrote:
>  
>  > Happy New Year John!
>  > 
>  > Since we are getting more and more Phishing emails with 
>  bogus reply URLs,
>  > is (would) it be possible to mangle in such a way that the 
>  URL is shown in
>  > Outlook, but cannot be executed?  
>  > 
>  > Most of these show a "nice name" but the embedded URL 
>  doesn't point there.
>  > 
>  > TIA
>  > 
>  > <<Dan>>
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