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"Thunderbird thinks this message might be an email scam
Hello,
I've recently upgraded to 1.5.0.4 and now some of my messages are being flagged as scams when they're clearly not. When I click the "Not a scam" button nothing happens.
I searched the forums and found a message about a setting in Tools>Options>Privacy>Email Scams, however when I unchecked the "check messages..." box my messages are still marked as scams. How can I get rid of this notice for good?
I've recently upgraded to 1.5.0.4 and now some of my messages are being flagged as scams when they're clearly not. When I click the "Not a scam" button nothing happens.
I searched the forums and found a message about a setting in Tools>Options>Privacy>Email Scams, however when I unchecked the "check messages..." box my messages are still marked as scams. How can I get rid of this notice for good?
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There doesn't seem to be anything in the "Help" about the new "spam" feature - does clicking the "Not a scam" button cause any training to actually happen? The spam notice goes away, but I've now had the same newsletter be marked as spam every day.
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howdy y'all,
here are some bugzilla items that cover the subject ...
- should learn what is not a scam
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=320351
- Scam Warning should not be display for trusted addresses
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=318916
- [enh] Adding a "scam mailbox" like the junk one
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302900
if a bug fits your situation, you might want to vote for it. please, do NOT comment unless you have new info. bugspamming - "me too" comments and various rants [*grin*] - is a good way to get the bug ignored.
the 2nd of the above is a bit questionable since one prime method is to use a fake email address. still, i think i would prefer to have the option.
take care,
lee
here are some bugzilla items that cover the subject ...
- should learn what is not a scam
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=320351
- Scam Warning should not be display for trusted addresses
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=318916
- [enh] Adding a "scam mailbox" like the junk one
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302900
if a bug fits your situation, you might want to vote for it. please, do NOT comment unless you have new info. bugspamming - "me too" comments and various rants [*grin*] - is a good way to get the bug ignored.
the 2nd of the above is a bit questionable since one prime method is to use a fake email address. still, i think i would prefer to have the option.
take care,
lee
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What qualifies as SCAM
It seems that it marks messages as scam if they contain links which look suspicious or if they contain forms.
A suspicious link is a link to an ip address or a link whose text looks like a hostname, but points to another one.
You can look at the js source at:
http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/m ... etector.js
A suspicious link is a link to an ip address or a link whose text looks like a hostname, but points to another one.
You can look at the js source at:
http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/m ... etector.js
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I believe there is a difference between a "scam" and a "spam". The scam emails are just suggestions from Thunderbird to you to pay attention to something that it sees as fishy, but it doesn't involve actually moving or deleting anything; only spam is moved off or deleted. If Thunderbird's scam suggestion turns out to be right, then you can mark it as a spam yourself, and it will learn from that. Otherwise just ignore the scam suggestions.