Yes, that's the point. You opened it, which is why they were able to tell you have an active account, you are not an auto-responder, and they were able to track details through an embedded graphic (which is pulled from their website, so your access is logged on their log server). The graphic is typcially named with your email address, so they get a unique mapping in the log to an active email address. Now they can sell your email address on one of their 'guaranteed active' spam lists, which command a premium price.
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Date: 2008-08-25 07:59 pm (UTC)Some days, I hate technology...