On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 11:55:18AM +1100, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: [...] > > I see them because I'm using an old email client - Eudora 3 (1997.) > I stick with this specifically _because_ it doesn't understand UTF-8 > or any other non-ASCII coding, especially in the header, and hence > simply ignores any executables in the headers or email body. Which > makes it totally virus proof, unlike Microsoft's intentionally
Totally say totally. > open-backdoor junk like Outlook. And most other email 'modern > wonders.' Eudora barely even understands html in emails, and I'm > fine with that. Also I have it configured to dust-bin any incomimg > mail containing UTF-8 chars in the Subject header. Avoids a lot of > time-wasting. [...] > > But first, I'm having a problem with some portion of cctalk posts > going missing, ie I don't receive all messages. The ratio seems to > vary day to day. Sometimes no obvious missing, sometimes a lot. > Still don't know why, or how to fix this. Any suggestions? Turn off trashing mails with Unicode in Subject and see if this solves a problem? -- Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home ** ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** ** ** ** Tomasz Rola mailto:[email protected] **
