At 06:54 PM 23/11/2018 +0100, you wrote: >On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 11:55:18AM +1100, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote: >[...] >> >> I see them because I'm using an old email client - Eudora 3 (1997.) >> I stick with this specifically _because_ it doesn't understand UTF-8 >> or any other non-ASCII coding, especially in the header, and hence >> simply ignores any executables in the headers or email body. Which >> makes it totally virus proof, unlike Microsoft's intentionally > >Totally say totally.
Except it turns out some feel that rejecting UTF-8 is culturally insensitive. I agree they have a point. But for my practical purposes, all the 'UTF-8 in header' messages that end up in my trash folder are all, always, spam. I do check. (And now someone's going to start posting cctalk messages with UTF-8 in Subject, just watch.) >> open-backdoor junk like Outlook. And most other email 'modern >> wonders.' Eudora barely even understands html in emails, and I'm >> fine with that. Also I have it configured to dust-bin any incomimg >> mail containing UTF-8 chars in the Subject header. Avoids a lot of >> time-wasting. >[...] >> >> But first, I'm having a problem with some portion of cctalk posts >> going missing, ie I don't receive all messages. The ratio seems to >> vary day to day. Sometimes no obvious missing, sometimes a lot. >> Still don't know why, or how to fix this. Any suggestions? > >Turn off trashing mails with Unicode in Subject and see if this solves >a problem? Ha, I knew someone would say that. But no, I do check the email trash bin regularly (before emptying it) and so far no cctalk or cctech emails are being diverted to there. My filter for them runs before the UTF-filter (last.) I'm guessing it's an overly picky spam filter somewhere in the network routes into Australia. Guy
