[SC-Help] Re: Embedded images in spam not parsing

[Chris Wright]

Antispam Knight wrote:
> "Mike Easter" <MikeE at ster.invalid> wrote in message 
> news:dtt2v5$ut$1 at news.spamcop.net...
>> Posted to .spam and .help, f/ups to .help
>>
>> nighthawke wrote:
>>> Been getting spam that has no text in body, just a image.
>>> Ideas on how to deal with it?
>> That is a stock spam which has no links in the body anyway, even in the
>> graphic -- all that is reported or reportable is the spamsource, which
>> SC offers to do.
> 
> I paste the base64 .gif into 
> http://www.opinionatedgeek.com/dotnet/tools/Base64Decode/ & let it display. 
> Of course there's *some* risk, since you have to allow it to come back 
> binary, but it shows the pic so you can get the ticker symbol & user copy 
> enforcement at sec.gov. Been doing this with every one of 'em.
> AK
> 
> <snip> 
> 
> 
Excuse my ignorance here, but what is the benefit of doing that?

ticker symbol and user copy enforcement? What do you mean by that?
And you mention gif, where most spam images I get are jpeg.

Not doubting you in anyway, just curious.

I have a guess at why you might want to do this, but don't want to 
embarrass myself.  I'll just say I thought so when you reply (and then 
the cynics can have their chuckle and say "yeah, right, as if he thought 
that'.)