On Dec 31, 2007 8:35 PM, Jon Angliss <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi GordonM > > > I have just implemented a new installation of SquirrelMail. I was surprised > > to find that the Inbox of one of my accounts is showing 17 old spam > > messages, all dated 31 December 1969. I normally read messages from my IMAP > > server (Mercury32) with Outlook Express and this shows the Inbox to be empty > > ... no sign of these 17 spam messages. > > How do you have Outlook Express setup to check for emails? If POP3, > it could be possible it has seen them in the past, and as such, won't > download them again. If IMAP, it should show them. The incorrect > date is likely to be caused by an invalid date string in the "Date" > header. > > > Maybe, these messages are structured in such a way that OE is not > > recognizing message boundaries ... perhaps as a result of the spammers > > trying to get past filters. Of course, it may be just a deficiency in OE. > > Even if you used IMAP, or POP3, your server handles the segmentation > of messages. I doubt this could be some kind of "addition" to the > spammers arsonal. > > > I am wondering if this sort of behaviour has been noted before. > > As I mentioned, check the method of checking in OE. I agree, although the "problem" with message IDs could in fact be made a little "prettier" on the SM side of things. Apparently the OP's web server does not report a remote port to PHP, which is why the message ID starts with a ".". If no one has objections, I will update the code to skip the "." unless there is a port number in front of it. - Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ ----- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelines List address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
