The issue of sending html to a list server is not just about annoyance. You may
all be interested in this advisory that was published recently.

http://www.privacyfoundation.org/advisories/advemailwiretap.html

Yahoo are not quite up to this level yet, I hope, but here is what happens
everytime a HTML message opened on your desktop:


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<td align=center><font size="-1" color=#003399><b>Yahoo! Groups
Sponsor</b></font></td>
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<tr bgcolor=#FFFFFF>
<td width=470><form method="get"
action="http://rd.yahoo.com/M=176325.1307935.2900315.1248727/D=egroupmail/S=1700007709:N/A=567142/R=0/*http://whois.domains.yahoo.com/domains_wresults.html"><input
type="hidden" name="action" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="property"
value="domains"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="468"
height="60" bgcolor="#cccc00"><tr><td align=left valign=top><A
HREF="http://rd.yahoo.com/M=176325.1307935.2900315.1248727/D=egroupmail/S=1700007709:N/A=567142/R=1/*http://domains.yahoo.com"><img
src="http://us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/a/ya/yahoo_domain/d_josh3_left.gif"
width=190 height=60 alt="" border="0"></a></td><td valign=top align=left><A
HREF="http://rd.yahoo.com/M=176325.1307935.2900315.1248727/D=egroupmail/S=1700007709:N/A=567142/R=2/*http://domains.yahoo.com"><img
src="http://us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/a/ya/yahoo_domain/d_josh3_top.gif"
width=278 height=30 alt="" border="0"></a><br><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
border=0><tr><td><font color="#000000">www.<input type="text" name="name"
size=13value="joshjaffe">  <input type="submit" name="Submit"
value="hands off!"></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></form></td>
</tr>
<tr><td><img alt="" width=1 height=1
src="http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=176325.1307935.2900315.1248727/D=egroupmail/S=1700007709:N/A=567142/rand=596538053"></td></tr>
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Whether it is actually invading my privacy or not isn't so much the point. It
certainly has the potential.

Paul
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Paul Reeves
http://www.ibphoenix.com
taking InterBase further