Re: [PLUG] weird mozilla spam issue

[Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net>]

Paul wrote:

> Art Alexion wrote:
>
> > I use mozilla (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7) 
> > Gecko/20040514) for my MUA.
> >
> > I have noticed that some spam -- that isn't caught by the filter -- 
> > gets automatically marked as read.  This is advertising mail, not 
> > viral vectors.  Have the spammers figured out some protocol that does 
> > this, or has anyone heard about this as a mozilla problem?
> I have Mozilla 1.7.2 and I have noticed the same.  It's mildly 
> annoying, but it doesn't really make the spam more effective.

No.  I suppose it makes it less effective because if you have a large 
inbox, you may not notice it at all.  It does subvert the bogofilter, 
though.

> BTW, I see that you didn't upgrade.  ;-) 


I didn't know there /was/ an upgrade...

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