Re: Spam Messages
Cecil Bankston wrote: I am receiving spam or scam messages, consisting of only a shortened link, from the e-mail address of a friend. If the messages actually originate in the friend's computer, should they always be found in the friend's sent folder? No. How do you know what program is being used to send them? It could be 10 line piece of cmd code. Telnet>smtp or swaks. If the from address is being spoofed, is there an easy way to distinguish that? Maybe, maybe not. Compare headers to a known valid email from the friend. Could be your friend's comp is a bot or zombie. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Spam Messages
Richard Alan wrote: Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Richard Alan wrote: Cecil Bankston wrote: I am receiving spam or scam messages, consisting of only a shortened link, from the e-mail address of a friend. If the messages actually originate in the friend's computer, should they always be found in the friend's sent folder? If the from address is being spoofed, is there an easy way to distinguish that? Read the headers and check for the sender's IP address. Then verify if your friend uses that service, or lives at that location. http://whatismyipaddress.com/ip-lookup You could do that if you're really curious, but it's tiresome to do it repeatedly. I think once would be enough. :-) Well, in my experience spam is usually very obviously crude to the point of stupidity, but once in a while I'm not sure, so I ask my friend, "did you really send that?" And once in a long while the answer's yes. So it's not enough to decide that one message is spam -- the next one might not be. By now my friends are well enough trained that when I get a suspicious message, it's hardly ever from them. YMMV. -- 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: Spam Messages
Paul B. Gallagher wrote: > Richard Alan wrote: >> Cecil Bankston wrote: >> >>> I am receiving spam or scam messages, consisting of only a shortened >>> link, from the e-mail address of a friend. If the messages actually >>> originate in the friend's computer, should they always be found in the >>> friend's sent folder? If the from address is being spoofed, is there >>> an easy way to distinguish that? >> >> Read the headers and check for the sender's IP address. Then verify if >> your friend uses that service, or lives at that location. >> >> http://whatismyipaddress.com/ip-lookup > > You could do that if you're really curious, but it's tiresome to do it > repeatedly. I think once would be enough. :-) ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Spam Messages
Richard Alan wrote: Cecil Bankston wrote: I am receiving spam or scam messages, consisting of only a shortened link, from the e-mail address of a friend. If the messages actually originate in the friend's computer, should they always be found in the friend's sent folder? If the from address is being spoofed, is there an easy way to distinguish that? Read the headers and check for the sender's IP address. Then verify if your friend uses that service, or lives at that location. http://whatismyipaddress.com/ip-lookup You could do that if you're really curious, but it's tiresome to do it repeatedly. A better strategy is to tell your friend that whenever he/she sends you a link, he/she should also include some body text to convince you the message is legit. For example, your friend might mention something only you two know about. Then you can ignore/discard/mark as spam any message that doesn't qualify. -- 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: Creating a "default profile"
On 7/29/2016 2:42 PM, David E. Ross wrote: On 7/29/2016 12:21 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: i have been using SeaMonkey 2.26 with a *HEAVILY* customized profile for eons ;/ I have just installed SM 2.40to its ow directory. It apparently behaves properly regarding my existing profiles. What I *REQUIRE* is the ability to browse any/all websites as if it were a virgin default install. HOW [Ignore any/ALL email/newsgroup issues!] There should be a default profile already on your computer. It comes with the installation of SeaMonkey. 1. On the SeaMonkey menu bar, select [Tools > Switch Profile]. 2. On the Select User Profile window, select the Manage Profiles button and then the Create Profile button. 3. On the Create Profile Wizard window, select the Next button. 4. On the new Create Profile Wizard window, enter a name that is not merely "Default User". For example, you could use "My Default Profile". 5.a To place the new profile in the default path, select the Finish button. 5.b To place the new profile in your chosen path, select the Choose Folder button. On the Choose Profile Folder window, navigate to where you want the new profile (a folder) and select the Select Folder button. Then Select the Finish button. Thank you. I was thinking on those lines. Had a vague memory of having tried that some time back. Tomorrow or Sunday will have chance to verify. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Creating a "default profile"
On 7/29/2016 12:21 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > i have been using SeaMonkey 2.26 with a *HEAVILY* customized > profile for eons ;/ > > I have just installed SM 2.40to its ow directory. > It apparently behaves properly regarding my existing profiles. > > What I *REQUIRE* is the ability to browse any/all websites as if > it were a virgin default install. > > HOW > [Ignore any/ALL email/newsgroup issues!] > There should be a default profile already on your computer. It comes with the installation of SeaMonkey. 1. On the SeaMonkey menu bar, select [Tools > Switch Profile]. 2. On the Select User Profile window, select the Manage Profiles button and then the Create Profile button. 3. On the Create Profile Wizard window, select the Next button. 4. On the new Create Profile Wizard window, enter a name that is not merely "Default User". For example, you could use "My Default Profile". 5.a To place the new profile in the default path, select the Finish button. 5.b To place the new profile in your chosen path, select the Choose Folder button. On the Choose Profile Folder window, navigate to where you want the new profile (a folder) and select the Select Folder button. Then Select the Finish button. -- David E. Ross Perhaps it was a smart decision for Hillary Clinton to use her private E-mail server while Secretary of State. According to current Secretary of State John Kerry, we know that the Russians and Chinese have hacked the State Department's servers. In the meantime, a claim by the Romanian hacker known as Guccifer (Marcel Lehel Lazar) that he hacked into Clinton's E-mail server proved false. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Creating a "default profile"
i have been using SeaMonkey 2.26 with a *HEAVILY* customized profile for eons ;/ I have just installed SM 2.40to its ow directory. It apparently behaves properly regarding my existing profiles. What I *REQUIRE* is the ability to browse any/all websites as if it were a virgin default install. HOW [Ignore any/ALL email/newsgroup issues!] ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Spam Messages
Cecil Bankston wrote: > I am receiving spam or scam messages, consisting of only a shortened > link, from the e-mail address of a friend. If the messages actually > originate in the friend's computer, should they always be found in the > friend's sent folder? If the from address is being spoofed, is there an > easy way to distinguish that? Read the headers and check for the sender's IP address. Then verify if your friend uses that service, or lives at that location. http://whatismyipaddress.com/ip-lookup ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: support-seamonkey Digest, Vol 127, Issue 53
I have had the same problems off and on with 2.40. So I do not think it is just you. Strangely, my original Adblock 2.7.3 is now working again, even though when I first upgraded to SM 2.40 it was definitely showing disabled. It could be because I had some issues with my original upgrade to SM 2.40 and I had to reinstall it a couple of times before it remained stable. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento, CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Spam Messages
I am receiving spam or scam messages, consisting of only a shortened link, from the e-mail address of a friend. If the messages actually originate in the friend's computer, should they always be found in the friend's sent folder? If the from address is being spoofed, is there an easy way to distinguish that? -- C. Bankston ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: email signature
Gerry Hickman wrote: Edit - Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings - Composition & Addressing - Include signature for forwards. Thanks. That's helpful. I'm still a bit surprised you can't insert it manually, or you might have different signatures for different things, e.g. with address and phone number... There used to be an extension that let you select the signature you wanted to insert for different types of email; but alas it stopped working long ago . . . . These days I keep my various signatures in a text file and use copy/paste to insert them. Makes me think of the early 1990s when this capability seemed really cool! ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Need pointers for establishing e-mail POP connections
On 29/07/2016 4:05 AM, Henrik37 wrote: David H. Durgee wrote: I am using Yahoo as follows: Server Type: POP Mail Server Server Name: pop.mail.yahoo.com Port 995 User Name: @yahoo.com Connection Security: SSL/TLS Authentication Method: Normal password This has worked fine for me for quite a while. Dave Thank you. It turns out that one MUST include the '@yahoo.com' as part of one's user name or things don't work. Now my problem is that every e-mail that was sitting on the Yahoo server is being downloaded - some 10,000 of them! Oh well, that is an improvement on not being to download anything. Thanks again. Will give it a go!! Cannot be any worse off! -- Daniel User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:43.0) Gecko/20100101 SeaMonkey/2.40 Build identifier: 20160120202951 or User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:41.0) Gecko/20100101 SeaMonkey/2.38 Build identifier: 20150903203501 ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
Re: Ad blocking add-on
On Tue, 26 Jul 2016 at 11:13:09 -0700, EE wrote: sleepy.zzj...@gmail.com wrote: Having just now successfully upgraded from SM 2.33 to 2.40, I find that Adblock Plus 2.7.3 that I was previously using has been disabled because it's not compatible with SeaMonkey any more. I've been looking around to see if I can find an alternative adblocker but no luck so far. Do we know of any? Or are there plans afoot to make the next version of SM compatible with Adblock Plus? If so, may I ask what timescale we're talking about? Thanks I am using SM 2.40 and Adblock Plus 2.7.3. It is working for me. I have been upgrading SeaMonkey all along and not making sudden jumps to versions several steps along the line. Still, I do not see why that would make so much difference. Thanks for your several responses on this thread, and apologies for my slow acknowledgement. Strangely, my original Adblock 2.7.3 is now working again, even though when I first upgraded to SM 2.40 it was definitely showing disabled. It could be because I had some issues with my original upgrade to SM 2.40 and I had to reinstall it a couple of times before it remained stable. Anyway, I now agree with EE that Adblock 2.7.3 can work with SM 2.40 and all is well. ___ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
