305171 - Mail from PCWorld always marked as possible scam

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[Matjaz]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6

PCWorld's Daily News mail is always marked as possible scam.

There is, however, one detail that maybe makes TB think is scam. The mail get
automatically forwarded to another email address.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. I subscribe to PC World daily news with a gmail.com address.
2. I have set this mail to be forwarded to another gmail.com address.
3. The mail is then forwarded to my work email address.
Actual Results:  
TB thinks this is scam.

Expected Results:  
This message is not scam.

This happens with every mail I get from PCWorld.

Note: I'm subscribed to *a lot* mailing lists in the same fashion, but only PC
World's newsletters get marked as possible scam. Message source included (edited
for privacy issues).

Comment 1

[Matjaz]

Attachment: Email source

Comment 2

[Matjaz]

Using version 1.0+ (20050818)

Comment 3

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

The problem is this link here:
<A
href="http://pcwnl.pcworld.com/t/493089/8297494/19/0/">http://www.pcworld.com/resource/newsletters/changesub.asp</A>
The link text begins with http (or https), but doesn't match the href of the <a
...>. Well, that's a typical method used by scammers, i don't think we could do
much against this? Maybe PCWorld should adjust its newsletter there.

Comment 4

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

Ok got a answer from PCWorld support, those links are no longer included for
some time now (except in the one-time mailings, they cannot avoid it there) for
the reason you filed the bug here. WFM then, if someone disagrees, reopen it.

Comment 5

[Matjaz]

I've checked the latest newsletters I received from PCWORLD (including today's)
and they are all marked as possible scams.

Newsletters don't contain the link http://pcwnl.pcworld.com anymore. I took a
quick look and couldn't find any link that points to a different subdomain
(except for images), so it is possible that there's something else that triggers
the alert.

I am attaching the latest PCWorld newsletter.

TB verison used is version 1.0+ (20050821).

Comment 6

[Matjaz]

Attachment: Email source - PC World's Daily Computer News - 19-aug-2005

Comment 7

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

Ok still wontfix ;), the problem is the HMTL Form in the mail, this is a sign of
a phishing mail, we won't change that. Scott, if you disagree, reopen this bug.