On April 13, 2019 6:05:57 AM HST, Keith Hutcheon <hutcheo...@gmail.com> wrote: >I've got a spare rooted Hudl that does have the Play Store, so I was >able >to install and then copy 'com.fsck.k9-1.apk' from that. As tested, the > >Play Store version of K-9 Mail also connects, in the same way, to >157.240.1.35:0 (rDNS: edge-star-mini-shv-01-lht6.facebook.com:0). > >To be clear, on my main tablet, I installed K-9 Mail using the F-Droid >app. Conceptually, that is much like using a package manager with a >Linux >distro. The F-Droid app handles the download from the F-Droid >repository. >No external link involved. > >Mathguy has provided a couple of red herrings. The F-Droid repository >has >v5.6 of K-9 Mail. I haven't ever used K-9 Material, largely because it >is >incompatible with my setup (Jelly Bean). > > >On Friday, 12 April 2019 20:42:35 UTC+1, David W. Jones wrote: >> >> On April 12, 2019 8:36:08 AM HST, Keith Hutcheon <hutch...@gmail.com >> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>> I am using Network Log v2.25.1, on (rooted) CM10.2.1, to see which >apps >>> are connecting to the internet in the background. Network Log lists >the >>> network activity per app, showing the IP address, packets, bytes and > >>> times. So, right now it shows that K-9 Mail is sending 10 packets >(and >>> receiving 10 packets) every 55 seconds to 157.240.1.35:0 >(ICMP/wlan0). >>> >>> This is straight after installing K-9 Mail, without opening the app >for a >>> first time, and thus have not yet added any email accounts. If I >uninstall >>> K-9 Mail, then Network Log stops registering this activity (i.e. no >other >>> apps are shown as connecting to 157.240.1.35). If I reinstall K-9 >Mail, >>> then the pinging of 157.240.1.35 starts again. Whois says that IP >address >>> is Facebook. >>> >>> >>> On Friday, 12 April 2019 15:45:43 UTC+1, Greg Troxel wrote: >>>> >>>> Mathguy <ad...@mathcorp.com> writes: >>>> >>>> > I would point out that the version on F-droid is WAY out of date. > It >>>> has >>>> > not been updated there since 2015. Don't know if that changes >things >>>> > regarding your question but you're not using the current version. > >>>> >>>> The version on f-droid is 5.600, added to f-droid on 2018-09-10. >Github >>>> shows 5.600 release on 2018-09-02: >>>> https://github.com/k9mail/k-9/releases >>>> >>>> So f-droid has been updated after 2015, and has the current >release. >>>> >>>> Can you explain what you mean? >>>> >>> >> The link Keith sent in another email goes to K-9 Material, a >> self-described "unofficial fork" of K-9 Mail, unmaintained since some >time >> in 2017. It sounds likely that fork is doing the Facebook contacting. >> >> That's why I asked him to test using K-9 Mail from the Google App >store. >> David W. Jones >> gnome...@gmail.com <javascript:> >> wandering the landscape of god >> http://dancingtreefrog.com >> >> Sent from my Android device with F/LOSS K-9 Mail. >> > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "K-9 Mail" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >an email to k-9-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Perhaps malware has snuck into K-9 Mail? David W. Jones gnomeno...@gmail.com wandering the landscape of god http://dancingtreefrog.com Sent from my Android device with F/LOSS K-9 Mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to k-9-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
