Something is wrong with how Thunderbird is displaying some messages.
The only ones that are distorted are spam.
When I select those as spam, nothing happens.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xi7cfhdsc7ay7 ... 6.png?dl=0
Something wrong with Thunderbird
- DanRaisch
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Re: Something wrong with Thunderbird
To what distortion are you referring? If you mean the "Subject" line, have you viewed the message source by pressing Ctrl+U? You may find that that is exactly what was sent to you in that spam message.
- tanstaafl
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Re: Something wrong with Thunderbird
Control-U or view -> message source replaces the contents of the message pane (F8) with a full size window containing the source, on my PC. The screen shot is showing raw From and Subject headers (that include escape sequences to switch to UTF-8) while displaying the contents of the message as interpreted HTML.
The folder listing in the screen shot appears to have only one message with distorted Subject and Correspondents. Is that a spam message?
Could you use view -> message source or Control-U to see the raw message source of that message and then copy the entire message to a text file in dropbox, and post a link to it? You could paste it into notepad, and do a search and replace of all reference to your email address with something generic before pasting it into dropbox.
The folder listing in the screen shot appears to have only one message with distorted Subject and Correspondents. Is that a spam message?
Could you use view -> message source or Control-U to see the raw message source of that message and then copy the entire message to a text file in dropbox, and post a link to it? You could paste it into notepad, and do a search and replace of all reference to your email address with something generic before pasting it into dropbox.
- fixit7
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Re: Something wrong with Thunderbird
yes, is was a spam message.
Well, I deleted the message but will use Ctrl U for the next one I get.
All the spam I get uses or shows what looks like a randomly generated address.
Any way that TB can filter those out?
Well, I deleted the message but will use Ctrl U for the next one I get.
All the spam I get uses or shows what looks like a randomly generated address.
Any way that TB can filter those out?
- tanstaafl
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Re: Something wrong with Thunderbird
You could create a message filter that tests whether the senders address "contains" either UTF-8 or a question mark.
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Re: Something wrong with Thunderbird
This is my 1st filter.
But it does not nothing when I run it.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xacsysz88d18o ... r.png?dl=0
But it does not nothing when I run it.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xacsysz88d18o ... r.png?dl=0
- tanstaafl
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Re: Something wrong with Thunderbird
Use matches "any of the following", not "all of the following". You also tested the subject while I was suggesting a way to test the senders address (From).
If that doesn't work then please upload the message source of one of the messages it should have detected to dropbox and post a link to it.
If that doesn't work then please upload the message source of one of the messages it should have detected to dropbox and post a link to it.
- fixit7
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Re: Something wrong with Thunderbird
ok. I did Ctrl U.
Do you need the Message-ID ?
Do you need the Message-ID ?
- tanstaafl
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Re: Something wrong with Thunderbird
I'd like the entire message. I don't think the Message-Id: will help but the less editing you do to the message the better.