On 18/03/2014 10:53, NoOp wrote: > On 03/14/2014 07:32 PM, NoOp wrote: >> On 03/14/2014 07:25 PM, NoOp wrote: >>> On 03/14/2014 07:19 PM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: >>>> NoOp wrote: >>>> >>>>> User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:27.0) Gecko/20100101 >>>>> Firefox/27.0 SeaMonkey/2.24 >>>>> Build identifier: 20140203230449 >>>>> >>>>> Received an email today from a US government agency that is encoded with: >>>>> >>>>> ... >>>>> >>>>> Reset Password >>>>> Dear <user>, >>>>> Click on the link below to reset your password. >>>>> Reset Password >>>>> This link will expire in 24 hours. >>>>> Kind Regards, >>>>> Human Resources >>>>> THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC SYSTEM GENERATED EMAIL. PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO >>>>> THIS MESSAGE. >>>>> >>>>> (No link actually appears in the Opera) >>>> >>>> I would take one look at that and flag it as junk; it looks like the >>>> last five phishing attempts that crossed my desk. Do you have any reason >>>> to believe it's legit and worth your time? >>>> >>> >>> Actually it's not junk/phishing at all - it's a valid email from >>> usps.gov and is a response to my request to reset a password. >>> >>> >>> >> >> Just tested with Evolution 3.2.3 (linux) and it correctly decodes the >> email body (including the link): >> ==== >> Reset Password >> >> >> Dear <user>, >> >> Click on the link below to reset your password. >> HTTPS://WP1-EXT.USPS.GOV/...<rest of link details redacted> >> >> Reset Password >> >> This link will expire in 24 hours. >> ==== >> > > Well here is an interesting twist; it appears that the issue is with the > SeaMonkey/Thunderbird email display decoding. When I compose a reply, > the message text appears properly: > > On 3/14/2014 3:32 PM, ERP Workflow System wrote:> Reset Password >> Dear <user>, >> Click on the link below to reset your password. >> Reset Password >> <HTTPS://WP1-EXT.USPS.GOV/sap/...rest of url redacted >> This link will expire in 24 hours. >> Kind Regards, >> Human Resources >> THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC SYSTEM GENERATED EMAIL. PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO > THIS MESSAGE. >> > > Tested in both linux and Windows versions of SeaMonkey & Thunderbird. > > I guess it's time to add mozilla.dev.apps.seamonkey to the thread... > > Maybe related: > <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=779087> > Bug 779087 - The sourcecode view is brohen opening mail written in > UTF-16 (If mail of charset=UTF-16, View/Message Source shows entire > message source data as UTF-16)
For the true horror of email character sets read: <http://quetzalcoatal.blogspot.com/2014/03/understanding-email-charsets.html> Phil -- Philip Chee <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ http://xsidebar.mozdev.org Guard us from the she-wolf and the wolf, and guard us from the thief, oh Night, and so be good for us to pass. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
