On Jan 2, 2008 7:56 PM, Jon Angliss <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Paul > > > >>> 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. > > Did I miss something in my haze of the weekend? I don't think I > mentioned message IDs... along with that, neither the IMAP server, or > POP3 server use the Message-ID as a key. I made the above-referenced change in 1.4.14 and 1.5.2 yesterday. Cheers, 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
