On Tuesday 19 October 2021 18:45:20 dep wrote: [Editing to change from top posting, because I know that you can't bottom post from somewhere or other. See below.] Also, apologies for accidentally sending to your private email! I just hit reply without looking. > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 9:41 PM, William Morder via tde-users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > There is a recurring glitch in my emails, which involves another person > > (person A) here on the mailing list. (I don't name him here, but I have > > already contacted him to ask about it.) It involves the mailing list, > > maybe, because I only know him from the list, and we have only exchanged > > a couple of personal emails outside the list. > > > > Now here is the actual "problem": I have another friend (person B) who is > > not a member of the list. When she recently sent me an email from her > > phone, the private email address of this first person (person A, a member > > of the list) showed up in her (person B's) email headers. There is > > absolutely no other connection between these two persons, except of > > course for myself. > > > > I went through other email correspondents, to see if something similar > > was happening, but it only seems to be with these two people. I created > > an entirely new email (no metadata from replies, etc.) to send her > > (person B) something, and again I found person A's headers in this email > > that I sent. > > > > So it doesn't seem to matter if person B or myself initiate the email; > > the headers from person A (who is a member of this list) always show up > > in the headers. > > > > Sorry for the vague description, but I am taking pains to avoid > > mentioning names. If person A (member of the list) chooses to join the > > conversation, then I can speak a little more freely. And let me make it > > clear that I do not suspect either of these people of anything at all, as > > they both seem as clueless as myself about these matters. > > > > Can anybody offer an explanation for this email quirk? I bring my > > question here, because it involves somebody else who is a member of the > > list, so that it might be a concern for other members of the list, and of > > course for the moderators, Slavek, et al. > > > > I would be glad to offer a sample of the headers, but I also need to > > consider the other persons involved. > > > > Bill > > > Are you using KMail? > > dep Yes. Person A (member of list), also, I believe, uses Kmail. The other person, B, does not use it, as she is unclear about anything that does not include the rotten Apple or Windoze. She knows almost nothing about security, privacy, etc., and I have had to urge her to take even the smallest reasonable precautions. Bill ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
