Editing Anti-spam techniques (section)

===Disable HTML in email===
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Many modern mail programs incorporate [[web browser]] functionality, such as the display of [[HTML]], URLs, and images.

Avoiding or disabling this feature does not help avoid spam. It may, however, be useful to avoid some problems if a user opens a spam message: offensive images, obfuscated hyperlinks, being tracked by [[web bug]]s,  being targeted by [[JavaScript]] or attacks upon security vulnerabilities in the HTML renderer. Mail clients which do not automatically download and display HTML, images or attachments have fewer risks, as do clients who have been configured to not display these by default.