Closed Bug 367666 Opened 18 years ago Closed 15 years ago

Add option to block all email with images that are not from whitelisted addresses

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Security, defect)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Security
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 280716

People

(Reporter: usenet, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug)

Details

Image spam appears impervious to all existing text-based spam filtering approaches, since the payload is in an attached image or in the HTML body. I propose that Thunderbird provide the option to block _all_ E-mails that contain images, either in HTML or as attachments, unless they are from addresses that appear in the user's address book, or that the user has sent E-mail to in the past. This will have the effect of completely blocking all image-based spams, at the cost of forcing new, unsolicited correspondents to send their initial E-mail contact without any image content, and thus allow the textual contents of this E-mail to be used as the basis for filtering in the normal way. It would not affect: * plain text, or image-free HTML email, from anyone * any E-mail at all, in any format, from a previous correspondent
Summary: Thunderbirs should provide the option to block all email with images that are not from whitelisted addresses → Add option to block all email with images that are not from whitelisted addresses
Assignee: mscott → nobody
Component: General → Security
QA Contact: general → thunderbird
Whiteboard: dupeme
Blocks: junktracker
Neil it seems to me that your issue is a dupe of bug #280716. Feel free to reopen it if I'm wrong.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Whiteboard: dupeme
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