On Sat, Jan 25, 2025 at 06:12:30AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: >> In viewing the full header of the above message (to try to find >> which country or timezone, is the origin of the message sent >> to the mailing list, for an extraneous reason), I observed a >> weird thing, that makes me wonder whether the mailing list and/or >> Debian, is, as is apparently shown, connected to the infamous NSA. >> >> "X-Message-Flag Supplemental report sent to reaper.nsa.gov. rc=0" >> >> Could someone please clarify the apparent >> involvement of the NSA in this mailing list? >> >> Or, is the mailing list simply under surveillance by the NSA? >> .. >> Bret Busby >> Armadale >> West Australia >> (UTC+0800)
* Andrew M.A. Cater <amaca...@einval.com> [25-01/24=Fri 22:31 +0000]: > X-Message-Flag > > The header field "X-Message-Flag" is used by Microsoft > mail clients and can contain a custom text. Mail clients from > Microsoft (such as Outlook) use this header field when converting > Message objects used by Microsoft products to MIME messages. > > I suspect it's coincidental / benign or a > joke, given that it's a Microsoft-ism here. > > (Or maybe that's what they want you to think ;-) ) > > With every good wish, as ever, > > Andrew Cater > (amaca...@debian.org) Air quality in Seattle is monitored by volunteers who buy and operate monitoring stations, and publish their observations every hour. They can name their stations whatever they want, so usually pick nearby street names or other geographic features. One monitoring station is named "FBI Surveillance Van".
