| Art Alexion on 5 May 2006 18:37:22 -0000 |
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On Friday 05 May 2006 11:37, Michael C. Toren wrote: > On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 11:16:13AM -0400, Art Alexion wrote: > > I don't know if this is a symptom of a security problem. > > > > I use both kmail and thunderbird for mail. This happens with both. > > > > Some spam mail is marked "read" as soon as it comes in, even though I > > never touched it. Any ideas? Security issue? > > In mbox format, a mail client determines if a message is marked as > "read" by examining the "Status:" header. If that header is inserted > by the sender, and not removed by your MTA or local delivery agent, > your mail client most likely will honor it. Makes sense. Is there a reason a spammer would insert a "read" header? Any security issues? -- _______________________________________ Art Alexion Arthur S. Alexion LLC PGP fingerprint: 52A4 B10C AA73 096F A661 92D2 3B65 8EAC ACC5 BA7A The attachment -- signature.asc -- is my electronic signature; no need for alarm. Info @ http://mysite.verizon.net/art.alexion/encryption/signature.asc.what.html Key for signed PDFs available at http://mysite.verizon.net/art.alexion/encryption/ArthurSAlexion.p7c The validation string is TTJY-ZILJ-BJJG. ________________________________________ Attachment:
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