Re: WHY SeaMonkey thinks this message might be an email scam. ?
Paul Hartman wrote: On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Richard Owlettrowl...@pcnetinc.com wrote: Why would SeaMonkey 1.1.17 flag a message with SeaMonkey thinks this message might be an email scam. ? The visual presentation is similar to what Mozilla uses to flag possible Junk messages. I've confirmed by personal telephone call that the email was legit. I'd like to tell sender what they did that raised the warning. Suggestions? TIA I think one of the more common reasons for this is if there is a link in an HTML e-mail which has text that doesn't match it. For example if the text says http://www.yahoo.com but the link actually goes someplace else. Yes. That is extremely common because many people are accustomed to HTML composition where the link has a text name and the 'URL beneath it is, well, an URL. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: WHY SeaMonkey thinks this message might be an email scam. ?
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Rick Merrillrick0.merr...@gmail.nospam.com wrote: Paul Hartman wrote: On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Richard Owlettrowl...@pcnetinc.com wrote: Why would SeaMonkey 1.1.17 flag a message with SeaMonkey thinks this message might be an email scam. ? The visual presentation is similar to what Mozilla uses to flag possible Junk messages. I've confirmed by personal telephone call that the email was legit. I'd like to tell sender what they did that raised the warning. Suggestions? TIA I think one of the more common reasons for this is if there is a link in an HTML e-mail which has text that doesn't match it. For example if the text says http://www.yahoo.com but the link actually goes someplace else. Yes. That is extremely common because many people are accustomed to HTML composition where the link has a text name and the 'URL beneath it is, well, an URL. That shouldn't be a problem; I was speaking of cases where the text contains a different URL. Phishing e-mails do this almost every time. For example, the link text will be http://www.paypal.com but the actual URL when you click it goes to http://www.paypal-com-bad-guys-phishing-site.cn ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: WHY SeaMonkey thinks this message might be an email scam. ?
Rick Merrill wrote: Paul Hartman wrote: On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Richard Owlettrowl...@pcnetinc.com wrote: Why would SeaMonkey 1.1.17 flag a message with SeaMonkey thinks this message might be an email scam. ? The visual presentation is similar to what Mozilla uses to flag possible Junk messages. I've confirmed by personal telephone call that the email was legit. I'd like to tell sender what they did that raised the warning. Suggestions? TIA I think one of the more common reasons for this is if there is a link in an HTML e-mail which has text that doesn't match it. For example if the text says http://www.yahoo.com but the link actually goes someplace else. Yes. That is extremely common because many people are accustomed to HTML composition where the link has a text name and the 'URL beneath it is, well, an URL. I routinely see it in political emails. The display text looks like a normal URL, but the link is to a page that tracks hit counts records your user id, etc. (think web bug) and then redirects you to the target. They want to know which mails got responses and which people responded. As often as not, I retype the plain URL myself into the location bar because I don't like the invasion of my privacy. -- War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left. -- Paul B. Gallagher ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: WHY SeaMonkey thinks this message might be an email scam. ?
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Richard Owlettrowl...@pcnetinc.com wrote: Why would SeaMonkey 1.1.17 flag a message with SeaMonkey thinks this message might be an email scam. ? The visual presentation is similar to what Mozilla uses to flag possible Junk messages. I've confirmed by personal telephone call that the email was legit. I'd like to tell sender what they did that raised the warning. Suggestions? TIA I think one of the more common reasons for this is if there is a link in an HTML e-mail which has text that doesn't match it. For example if the text says http://www.yahoo.com but the link actually goes someplace else. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
