Tracking Pixel / Meta Pixel

SorenR · Post by **SorenR** » 2023-08-02 17:15

Been playing with this since yesterday.

eM Client PRO version WILL (allegedly) detect and deal with them - so it says on my free version

It seems they don't get them all, so ... I'll be running this code for a week or two and see if I can get them all. The intension is to NUKE them. They are inflicting on my privacy ... same with traffic lights, indicator blinks and brake lights ... People don't need to know where I'm going!

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Function MetaPixel(oMessage) : MetaPixel = False
    '
    ' Replace <img[^>]*(height|width)=(3D)?"1(px)?"[^>]*> with NOP
    ' Search  <img[^>]*(height|width)=(?:3D)?"([^(?:px)?"]+)(?:px)?"[^>]*>
    '
    Dim oMatch, oMatchCollection, strRegEx

    If oMessage.HasBodyType("text/html") Then

        strRegEx = "<img[^>]*(height|width)=(?:3D)?""([^(?:px)?""]+)(?:px)?""[^>]*>"
        Set oMatchCollection = oLookup(strRegEx, oMessage.HTMLBody, True)
        For Each oMatch In oMatchCollection
            If oMatch.SubMatches.Count > 0 Then
                If (oMatch.SubMatches(1) = 1) Then MetaPixel = True
            End If
        Next

    End If
End Function

Sub OnAcceptMessage(oClient, oMessage)
'
'    STUFF
'
    '
    '   Detect Meta Pixel
    '
    If (oMessage.HeaderValue("MetaPixel") <> "YES") And MetaPixel(oMessage) Then
        oMessage.Subject = Chr(164) & "  " & oMessage.Subject
        oMessage.HeaderValue("MetaPixel") = "YES"
        oMessage.Save
    End If
'
'    MORE STUFF
'
End Sub

RvdH · Post by **RvdH** » 2023-08-02 18:54

Do mail clients not block images by default?
Outlook and thunderbird do, unless you whitelist/trust the sender of course

Seems a bit of a nothingburger

palinka · Post by **palinka** » 2023-08-02 19:20

SorenR wrote: ↑
2023-08-02 17:15
Been playing with this since yesterday.

eM Client PRO version WILL (allegedly) detect and deal with them - so it says on my free version

It seems they don't get them all, so ...

That feature only works with the paid version.

https://forum.emclient.com/t/tracking-p ... sion/83833

But yes, if you do not download any external content, then the pixel will also NOT be downloaded.

In the paid version you have the option of downloading external content while excluding tracking pixel images.

RvdH · Post by **RvdH** » 2023-08-02 19:51

palinka wrote: ↑
2023-08-02 19:20

SorenR wrote: ↑
2023-08-02 17:15
Been playing with this since yesterday.

eM Client PRO version WILL (allegedly) detect and deal with them - so it says on my free version

It seems they don't get them all, so ...
That feature only works with the paid version.

https://forum.emclient.com/t/tracking-p ... sion/83833

But yes, if you do not download any external content, then the pixel will also NOT be downloaded.

In the paid version you have the option of downloading external content while excluding tracking pixel images.

Ah OK, never used eMClient

But what if the tracking pixel is 2px by 2px to bypass checks like the one catched in code above, or no dimmensions are given?

palinka · Post by **palinka** » 2023-08-02 19:52

I just looked at a message that gave me the "unsafe content" warning. I'm using the latest emclient pro (9.2.something - paid version). The image is not a pixel. I opened it on my phone. Its a banner as it claims to be.

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--Apple-Mail-2D1515F2-8B2F-4F93-9F51-7F170B073030
Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><br><br><br><br><hr size="0.5" color="#E2E2E2" align="center" width="100%"><div><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/app/id544373562?mt=8"><img width="125" height="38" src="https://ifunplay.com/image/fasterscan_share_banner.png"></a></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><br></div></body></html>

SorenR · Post by **SorenR** » 2023-08-02 19:58

RvdH wrote: ↑
2023-08-02 18:54
Do mail clients not block images by default?
Outlook and thunderbird do, unless you whitelist/trust the sender of course

Seems a bit of a nothingburger

I have my eM Client NOT show "online" pictures by default - until I allow eM Client to download them - and clearly also the tracking pixels.

palinka · Post by **palinka** » 2023-08-02 20:50

SorenR wrote: ↑
2023-08-02 17:15
Been playing with this since yesterday.

eM Client PRO version WILL (allegedly) detect and deal with them - so it says on my free version

It seems they don't get them all, so ... I'll be running this code for a week or two and see if I can get them all. The intension is to NUKE them. They are inflicting on my privacy ... same with traffic lights, indicator blinks and brake lights ... People don't need to know where I'm going!
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Function MetaPixel(oMessage) : MetaPixel = False
    '
    ' Replace <img[^>]*(height|width)=(3D)?"1(px)?"[^>]*> with NOP
    ' Search  <img[^>]*(height|width)=(?:3D)?"([^(?:px)?"]+)(?:px)?"[^>]*>
    '
    Dim oMatch, oMatchCollection, strRegEx

    If oMessage.HasBodyType("text/html") Then

        strRegEx = "<img[^>]*(height|width)=(?:3D)?""([^(?:px)?""]+)(?:px)?""[^>]*>"
        Set oMatchCollection = oLookup(strRegEx, oMessage.HTMLBody, True)
        For Each oMatch In oMatchCollection
            If oMatch.SubMatches.Count > 0 Then
                If (oMatch.SubMatches(1) = 1) Then MetaPixel = True
            End If
        Next

    End If
End Function

Sub OnAcceptMessage(oClient, oMessage)
'
'    STUFF
'
    '
    '   Detect Meta Pixel
    '
    If (oMessage.HeaderValue("MetaPixel") <> "YES") And MetaPixel(oMessage) Then
        oMessage.Subject = Chr(164) & "  " & oMessage.Subject
        oMessage.HeaderValue("MetaPixel") = "YES"
        oMessage.Save
    End If
'
'    MORE STUFF
'
End Sub

I found a message with an actual tracking pixel and your regex doesn't work on it. This one did:

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<img[^>]*(height|width)=(3D)?("|')1px("|')[^>]*>

https://regex101.com/r/UU3l5A/1

SorenR · Post by **SorenR** » 2023-08-02 22:28

palinka wrote: ↑
2023-08-02 20:50
SorenR wrote: ↑
2023-08-02 17:15
Been playing with this since yesterday.

eM Client PRO version WILL (allegedly) detect and deal with them - so it says on my free version

It seems they don't get them all, so ... I'll be running this code for a week or two and see if I can get them all. The intension is to NUKE them. They are inflicting on my privacy ... same with traffic lights, indicator blinks and brake lights ... People don't need to know where I'm going!
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Function MetaPixel(oMessage) : MetaPixel = False
    '
    ' Replace <img[^>]*(height|width)=(3D)?"1(px)?"[^>]*> with NOP
    ' Search  <img[^>]*(height|width)=(?:3D)?"([^(?:px)?"]+)(?:px)?"[^>]*>
    '
    Dim oMatch, oMatchCollection, strRegEx

    If oMessage.HasBodyType("text/html") Then

        strRegEx = "<img[^>]*(height|width)=(?:3D)?""([^(?:px)?""]+)(?:px)?""[^>]*>"
        Set oMatchCollection = oLookup(strRegEx, oMessage.HTMLBody, True)
        For Each oMatch In oMatchCollection
            If oMatch.SubMatches.Count > 0 Then
                If (oMatch.SubMatches(1) = 1) Then MetaPixel = True
            End If
        Next

    End If
End Function

Sub OnAcceptMessage(oClient, oMessage)
'
'    STUFF
'
    '
    '   Detect Meta Pixel
    '
    If (oMessage.HeaderValue("MetaPixel") <> "YES") And MetaPixel(oMessage) Then
        oMessage.Subject = Chr(164) & "  " & oMessage.Subject
        oMessage.HeaderValue("MetaPixel") = "YES"
        oMessage.Save
    End If
'
'    MORE STUFF
'
End Sub
I found a message with an actual tracking pixel and your regex doesn't work on it. This one did:
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<img[^>]*(height|width)=(3D)?("|')1px("|')[^>]*>
https://regex101.com/r/UU3l5A/1

You did notice the double quotes for VBScript string handling ??

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strRegEx = "<img[^>]*(height|width)=(?:3D)?" & Chr(34) & "([^(?:px)?" & Chr(34) & "]+)(?:px)?" & Chr(34) & "[^>]*>"

palinka · Post by **palinka** » 2023-08-02 22:39

SorenR wrote: ↑
2023-08-02 22:28
You did notice the double quotes for VBScript string handling ??

Of course not.

SorenR · Post by **SorenR** » 2023-08-02 22:42

palinka wrote: ↑
2023-08-02 22:39

SorenR wrote: ↑
2023-08-02 22:28
You did notice the double quotes for VBScript string handling ??
Of course not.

Just tried the "replace" regex with your example ... also works

palinka · Post by **palinka** » 2023-08-02 22:59

SorenR wrote: ↑
2023-08-02 22:42

palinka wrote: ↑
2023-08-02 22:39

SorenR wrote: ↑
2023-08-02 22:28
You did notice the double quotes for VBScript string handling ??
Of course not.
Just tried the "replace" regex with your example ... also works

I added single quote ("|') because... sometimes... you know.... But it makes everything look weird.

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strRegEx = "<img[^>]*(height|width)=(3D)?(" & Chr(34) & "|" & Chr(39 & ")1px(" & Chr(34) & "|" & Chr(39 & ")[^>]*>"

RvdH · Post by **RvdH** » 2023-08-03 08:50

palinka wrote: ↑
2023-08-02 22:59

SorenR wrote: ↑
2023-08-02 22:42

palinka wrote: ↑
2023-08-02 22:39

Of course not.
Just tried the "replace" regex with your example ... also works
I added single quote ("|') because... sometimes... you know.... But it makes everything look weird.
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strRegEx = "<img[^>]*(height|width)=(3D)?(" & Chr(34) & "|" & Chr(39 & ")1px(" & Chr(34) & "|" & Chr(39 & ")[^>]*>"

↑ defect

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strRegEx = "<img[^>]*(height|width)=(3D)?(" & Chr(34) & "|" & Chr(39) & ")1px(" & Chr(34) & "|" & Chr(39) & ")[^>]*>"

SorenR · Post by **SorenR** » 2023-08-04 13:19

Modified the search routine a bit.
Match will only occur if different permutations of the base words {hight="1"}, {width="1"} and {alt=""} all exist - in any order.

My eM Client do not identify all found results as "Tracking pixel has been detected and downloaded. You can block it with PRO version." as my code detects more 1 pixel images. Not entirely sure what I'm missing ?!?

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Function TrackingPixel(oMessage) : TrackingPixel = False
    If oMessage.HasBodyType("text/html") Then
        Dim i, oMatch, oMatchCollection, strRegEx
        i = 0
        strRegEx = "(<img[^>]*(?=.*\bheight=(?:3D)?""1(?:px)?"")(?=.*\bwidth=(?:3D)?""1(?:px)?"")(?=.*\balt=(?:3D)?"""")[^>]*>)"
        Set oMatchCollection = oLookup(strRegEx, oMessage.HTMLBody, True)
        For Each oMatch In oMatchCollection
            TrackingPixel = True
            i = i + 1
            EventLog.Write( "TrackingPixel(" & i & "): " & oMatch.Value )
        Next
        Set oMatch = Nothing
        Set oMatchCollection = Nothing
    End If
End Function

Sub OnDeliverMessage(oMessage)

    '
    '   Detect Tracking Pixel
    '
    If TrackingPixel(oMessage) And (oMessage.HeaderValue("TrackingPixel") <> "YES") Then
        oMessage.Subject = oMessage.Subject & "  " & Chr(164)
        oMessage.HeaderValue("TrackingPixel") = "YES"
        oMessage.Save
    End If
    
End Sub

palinka · Post by **palinka** » 2023-08-04 15:26

SorenR wrote: ↑
2023-08-04 13:19
My eM Client do not identify all found results as "Tracking pixel has been detected and downloaded. You can block it with PRO version." as my code detects more 1 pixel images. Not entirely sure what I'm missing ?!?

Maybe its not you that's missing something, obviously.

SorenR · Post by **SorenR** » 2023-08-04 17:37

Hmm... My code is logging all sorts of crap...

regex101.com and reality do NOT match

Trying new "formula" eliminating the "\b" thingy.

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strRegEx = "(<img[^>]*(?=.*(height=(?:3D)?""1(?:px)?""))(?=.*(width=(?:3D)?""1(?:px)?""))(?=.*(alt=(?:3D)?""""))[^>]*>)"

palinka · Post by **palinka** » 2023-08-04 18:00

Your pattern on regex101 results in "catastrophic backtracking".

SorenR · Post by **SorenR** » 2023-08-04 18:28

palinka wrote: ↑
2023-08-04 18:00
Your pattern on regex101 results in "catastrophic backtracking".

Not sure which format you use on regex101 but VBScript and JavaScript is Perl style formatting (ECMAScript).

palinka · Post by **palinka** » 2023-08-04 18:39

SorenR wrote: ↑
2023-08-04 18:28

palinka wrote: ↑
2023-08-04 18:00
Your pattern on regex101 results in "catastrophic backtracking".
Not sure which format you use on regex101 but VBScript and JavaScript is Perl style formatting (ECMAScript).

You're right, as usual. I used php format and it does work fine with ECMAScript.

SorenR · Post by **SorenR** » 2023-08-09 15:16

I have a problem with my RegEx...

https://regex101.com/r/F1ov45/1

It says 8 matches but there is only 1 (one, uno, einer) and it's the last <img ... >

If I put a newline between > and <img in the test string the match goes away...

Help ??

palinka · Post by **palinka** » 2023-08-09 18:36

SorenR wrote: ↑
2023-08-09 15:16
I have a problem with my RegEx...

https://regex101.com/r/F1ov45/1

It says 8 matches but there is only 1 (one, uno, einer) and it's the last <img ... >

If I put a newline between > and <img in the test string the match goes away...

Help ??

Try this:

https://regex101.com/r/hU1C4M/1

palinka · Post by **palinka** » 2023-08-09 18:52

Looking again. This ^ picked up all image tags. Not good.

I don't understand why you care about alt="" when (width|height)=1 does the trick perfectly.

Try this one. It picks up not just the image tag, but also styling within the image and possible spaces, etc.

https://regex101.com/r/vfW7Qe/1

SorenR · Post by **SorenR** » 2023-08-09 18:59

palinka wrote: ↑
2023-08-09 18:52
Looking again. This ^ picked up all image tags. Not good.

I don't understand why you care about alt="" when (width|height)=1 does the trick perfectly.

Try this one. It picks up not just the image tag, but also styling within the image and possible spaces, etc.

https://regex101.com/r/vfW7Qe/1

Tried that already, I need to trap: (width="1"), (hight="1") AND (alt="") listed in any order. (alt="") may be left out but (width="1") and (hight="1") must match, not just one or the other.

For some reason I simply cannot understand, it spills over to the next tag UNLESS the tags don't "touch".

jimimaseye · Post by **jimimaseye** » 2023-08-09 20:03

how about this for a starter: https://regex101.com/r/50uhw2/2

Im not fully understanding what it is you are looking for (I havent really read the thread closely) but assume you are looking for something like:

alt="" width="1" height="1" (in any combination but 'alt' will not be between width and height)

so my idea would be

(Alt - it may or may not exist here) (width or height no1) (width or height no2- as its likely to be the accompanying 'other') (alt - it may or may not exist here)

and somewhere you want a 'pix' tag? I dont thinnk I have checked for that but maybe you can use the above as a starter?

palinka · Post by **palinka** » 2023-08-09 20:07

SorenR wrote: ↑
2023-08-09 18:59

palinka wrote: ↑
2023-08-09 18:52
Looking again. This ^ picked up all image tags. Not good.

I don't understand why you care about alt="" when (width|height)=1 does the trick perfectly.

Try this one. It picks up not just the image tag, but also styling within the image and possible spaces, etc.

https://regex101.com/r/vfW7Qe/1
Tried that already, I need to trap: (width="1"), (hight="1") AND (alt="") listed in any order. (alt="") may be left out but (width="1") and (height="1") must match, not just one or the other.

For some reason I simply cannot understand, it spills over to the next tag UNLESS the tags don't "touch".

The only case I can imagine where the height = 1px and the width would be anything other than 1px is <hr> tag. And in that case, it would not be picked up by any of our above regex patterns due to <img[^>]+

Therefore, the alt and 2nd side of height/width is not important at all. The only thing that's important is the image tag and the height -OR- width = 1.

jimimaseye · Post by **jimimaseye** » 2023-08-09 20:16

tweaked: https://regex101.com/r/50uhw2/3

palinka · Post by **palinka** » 2023-08-09 20:21

jimimaseye wrote: ↑
2023-08-09 20:03
how about this for a starter: https://regex101.com/r/50uhw2/2

Im not fully understanding what it is you are looking for (I havent really read the thread closely) but assume you are looking for something like:

alt="" width="1" height="1" (in any combination but 'alt' will not be between width and height)

so my idea would be

(Alt - it may or may not exist here) (width or height no1) (width or height no2- as its likely to be the accompanying 'other') (alt - it may or may not exist here)

and somewhere you want a 'pix' tag? I dont thinnk I have checked for that but maybe you can use the above as a starter?

^ Brilliant and works with several different combinations of image tag parameters I tried.

SorenR · Post by **SorenR** » 2023-08-09 20:26

Hmm....

I have settled with this modified suggestion by @Palinka

https://regex101.com/r/4hLDMW/1

jimimaseye · Post by **jimimaseye** » 2023-08-09 20:31

Ooh, that's cutting. I'm hurt.

[Entered by mobile. Excuse my spelling.]

palinka · Post by **palinka** » 2023-08-09 21:39

Its true that Jimi's is better.

jimimaseye · Post by **jimimaseye** » 2023-08-09 21:42

jimimaseye wrote: ↑
2023-08-09 20:31
Ooh, that's cutting. I'm hurt.

[Entered by mobile. Excuse my spelling.]

palinka wrote: ↑
2023-08-09 21:39
Its true that Jimi's is better.

I'm just joking.

(Although.....

)

palinka · Post by **palinka** » 2023-08-09 21:48

jimimaseye wrote: ↑
2023-08-09 21:42

jimimaseye wrote: ↑
2023-08-09 20:31
Ooh, that's cutting. I'm hurt.

[Entered by mobile. Excuse my spelling.]

palinka wrote: ↑
2023-08-09 21:39
Its true that Jimi's is better.
I'm just joking.

(Although..... )

I wasn't joking. I tested yours with several variations of the img tag parameters. It works very well. It took me a minute to figure out how it worked. I copied it and put each match group on a single line.

Seriously, it is objectively a better pattern than mine.

SorenR · Post by **SorenR** » 2023-08-09 22:59

Sorry guys... It's late - credit goes to both of you

Anyways, what's with the single quote (') and the colon (:) ?

I still cannot figure out WHY the Positive Lookahead is so f'd up... It really p'sses me off.

Oh by the way, I found out that not being able to sleep at night and having a craving for food is called insomnomnomnomnia ...

palinka · Post by **palinka** » 2023-08-10 06:16

SorenR wrote: ↑
2023-08-09 22:59
Anyways, what's with the single quote (') and the colon (:) ?

The colon is there because I noticed that in your example, not only were there height/width "parameters" inside the tag, but also a CSS style "parameter". Colons are used in styling CSS. However, now that I'm thinking about it, if CSS is used to style the img tag, then its entirely possible the CSS for the tag could be located outside the tag itself - like inside the head tag where it normally is anyway - because the img tag may have a styling class. So I guess you can dump the colon altogether.

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<img ...... width=3D"1" height=3D"1" border=3D"0" style=3D"height:1px !important;width:1px !important; ...... >

HTML tags can use either ' or ". Sooner or later you'll run into one that uses '. The trick is escaping it in VBS. I guess you'd have to use Chr(39).

gotspatel · Post by **gotspatel** » 2023-09-03 09:16

@soren

can the tracking pixel be removed from the Sub OnDeliverMessage(oMessage) code itself directly or we have to make a new mail .refreshcontent and then remove the pixel and save email.

little scared as don't want to loose an important mail

hence asking some dumb questions

TIA

SorenR · Post by **SorenR** » 2023-09-03 15:19

gotspatel wrote: ↑
2023-09-03 09:16
@soren

can the tracking pixel be removed from the Sub OnDeliverMessage(oMessage) code itself directly or we have to make a new mail .refreshcontent and then remove the pixel and save email.

little scared as don't want to loose an important mail hence asking some dumb questions

TIA

I don't check it any more, too many false positives...

gotspatel · Post by **gotspatel** » 2023-09-04 08:38

Noted

but can you point out the best strategy to remove

Regards

SorenR · Post by **SorenR** » 2023-09-04 17:55

gotspatel wrote: ↑
2023-09-04 08:38
Noted

but can you point out the best strategy to remove

Regards

I can't remember ever having to replace a complete syntax sentence ( <img ..... > ) in HTML but since I have used RegEx and the entire search string will cover the complete syntax I would assume just using RegEx to replace it with ""... Again, I have never tried it on an email so don't say I did not warn you

gotspatel · Post by **gotspatel** » 2023-09-19 11:11

Okay been using this since many days and no false positives yet

works like a charm. Thanks to @Soren, @jimimaseye &@Palinka

Here's the details.

NOTE : I am detecting the tracking pixel in Sub OnExternalAccountDownload as my hmailserver is a relay

GLOBAL RULE

NAME: REMOVE TRACKER

Criteria:
1. X-hMS-TrackingPixel Contains YES
2. X-hMailServer-Cloned NOT Contains YES
3. X-hMailServer-LoopCount Less Then 1

Action:

Run Function RemoveTrackingPixel

TO DETECT

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Function TrackingPixel(oMessage) : TrackingPixel = False
	'Used in Sub onExternalDownload instead of sub ondelivermessage
	If oMessage.HasBodyType("text/html") Then
		Dim i, oMatch, oMatchCollection, strRegEx
		i = 0
		strRegEx = "(<img[^>]*)(alt(=|:)(3D)?(""|')(""|'))?( )?((height|width)(=|:)(3D)?(""|')1(""|'))( )?((height|width)(=|:)(3D)?(""|')1(""|'))(( )?alt(=|:)(3D)?(""|')(""|'))?([^>]*>)"

		Set oMatchCollection = oLookup(strRegEx,ExcludeHead(oMessage.HTMLBody), True)
		For Each oMatch In oMatchCollection
			TrackingPixel = True
			i = i + 1
			'EventLog.Write( "TrackingPixel(" & i & "): " & oMatch.Value )
			EventLog.Write( "TrackingPixel(" & i & ")" )
		Next
		Set oMatch = Nothing
		Set oMatchCollection = Nothing
	End If
End Function

Sub OnExternalAccountDownload(oFetchAccount, oMessage, sRemoteUID)

	If NOT (oMessage is nothing) then
		If TrackingPixel(oMessage) And (oMessage.HeaderValue("TrackingPixel") <> "YES") Then
			oMessage.Subject = "|| " & Chr(164) & " || " & oMessage.Subject
			EventLog.Write("Tracking Pixel Found External: " & oMessage.FromAddress & " To: " & oMessage.To & " Subject: " & oMessage.Subject ) ' FOR DEBUG PURPOSE
			oMessage.HeaderValue("X-hMS-TrackingPixel") = "YES"
			oMessage.Save
		End If
	End If

End Sub

TO REMOVE

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Sub RemoveTrackingPixel(oMessage)
	' Called from: Global Rules Remove Tracking Pixel
	' get message and redact body.

	If oMessage.HeaderValue("X-hMailServer-Cloned") = "YES" Then Exit Sub     ' If already processed; return to rule with no action.
	If oMessage.HeaderValue("X-hMS-TrackingPixel") <> "YES" Then Exit Sub
	Dim i, oMail, strFilename, strFwdTo, matches, match
	i = 0
	With CreateObject("VBScript.RegExp")
		.Pattern = "(<img[^>]*)(alt(=|:)(3D)?(""|')(""|'))?( )?((height|width)(=|:)(3D)?(""|')1(""|'))( )?((height|width)(=|:)(3D)?(""|')1(""|'))(( )?alt(=|:)(3D)?(""|')(""|'))?([^>]*>)" '- Jimmy
		.Global = True
		.MultiLine = True
		.IgnoreCase = True
		If oMessage.HasBodyType("text/html") Then
			Set matches = .Execute(oMessage.HTMLBody)
			If matches.Count >= 1 Then 
				For Each Match In matches
					i = i + 1
					EventLogX.Write( "TrackingPixel HTML (" & i & "): " & Match.Value )
					oMessage.HTMLBody = .Replace(oMessage.HTMLBody, "<p><span style=""font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold; color: red;"">Tracker (" & i & ") Removed</span></p><br>")
				Next
			End If
		End If
	End With
	oMessage.HeaderValue("X-hMailServer-Cloned") = "YES"
	oMessage.Save
	' Clean up
	Set oMessage = Nothing
	Set EventLogX = Nothing
End Sub

RvdH · Post by **RvdH** » 2023-09-19 11:33

what if, the message Body/HtmlBody is base64 encoded?

gotspatel · Post by **gotspatel** » 2023-09-19 12:04

RvdH wrote: ↑
2023-09-19 11:33
what if, the message Body/HtmlBody is base64 encoded?

Haven't seen that scenario YET

, I don't think the trackers are base64 encoded, OFC I may be wrong

Some of the different Tracking pixels I have logged

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1. <img src="https://adminbyrequest.us3.list-manage.com/track/open.php?u=b51984c520d5ead02815f4578&id=4634371980&e=5ae57b7b26" height="1" width="1" alt="">
2. <img width="1" height="1" style="display:none" alt="" src="https://t.sidekickopen25.com/Cto/DM+23284/cS46S04/R5R8b45dCN6tgm0N2fJzrW25fHxD3yNt35W22Y3M11XnYSjW1Gy2bc3LCDx7W22XG1925dr5MW3BPs8D1S2c7bn24VJ-T4W1">
3. <img class="mailbird" width="1" height="1" style="border:0; width:1; height:1; display: none;" src="https://tracking.getmailbird.com/OpenTrackingPixel/?messageId=Mailbird-e8154d02-2364-40bb-a998-6c7fe2c423e1@gmail.com&senderHash=6FC1A8DD234AE2F74AFC6128A1BF513622ABAD4DA0A76646293F576B71133F19&recipientHash=F82E122B4BF3900ACD11842BFFE16AF66342F2170CA9AAED46FFB0220239B69F&internalId=f23f8b04-2b88-4add-85ca-0c1e6d69ff92" alt="7cd754d8-d7b4-47a4-8f81-82bfafcf22af">
4. <img src=3D"https://ymlptr3.net/275a3geswhshrohwmeupbjjv/footer.gif" alt=3D" " height=3D"1" width=3D"1" border=3D"0">
5. <img src="https://u13058005.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/open?upn=FCtQg0tDE6Pp5diq5my-2FH3u-2FtUBc4zRde4yIBhtF8kF2wXoU12VBPVQcBZO5oM7TAlsL4tDAN-2BcRxKNA7-2Fho3WeIN7KPxrUqtFDGx9F6a9AWNGs5HGHJkUNcUDWORusgKr5xMzeRvYBxMuiuSB365gAJzNIekPjBxU-2FfaPx4lN3qvduqeWLdbXJcm23fJWALE-2BfkgQTM1Q59AcJQTriOIVwyXLku9pWFcqVPyYz3jjsm7eexPGDHr5gZK1u5rEUx1Ty5iraDF2sRq56vctd9NEO-2FqvBzQeupeqZf74RKBBvtSVHWEkw22FjRO37tkAtQU6xysoeg7lJ0-2FFOVMLMUc2VATlUTEu-2FNBi5aeoHqFubtUBGOqsSg1owPAi1lyDC6D1-2B-2F-2B3DvsY9Kaxk8AB-2BvFVHWsNffjmOi-2BSOv42z3mUp4jGQ1gHO-2FCCA-2B3LP-2F4NLLeyMQA2NGlM-2BAtDS9zKlqkRjNVjWxCBu5CF3gQvaryzI-3D" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" style="height:1px !important;width:1px !important;border-width:0 !important;margin-top:0 !important;margin-bottom:0 !important;margin-right:0 !important;margin-left:0 !important;padding-top:0 !important;padding-bottom:0 !important;padding-right:0 !important;padding-left:0 !important;"/>
6. <img width="1" height="1" style="display:none" alt="" src="https://t.sidekickopen25.com/Cto/DM+23284/cS46S04/R5R8b45dCN6tgm0N2fDmLW3K2V_N3yNt3_W3yPjmc1W_jBkW1Gc-FG3yLVRLW3C6qx13LFJQzW1X27Zm1S2c7bn24VJ-T4W1">

palinka · Post by **palinka** » 2023-09-19 18:20

RvdH wrote: ↑
2023-09-19 11:33
what if, the message Body/HtmlBody is base64 encoded?

Doesn't the message object contain base64 automatically decoded text?

RvdH · Post by **RvdH** » 2023-09-19 20:14

Yup, looks like it is decoded automatically