Overview of Windows Mail Windows Mail Discuss Overview of Windows Mail in the Vista Features forums; Originally Posted by dazzlin I currently use Thunderbird as my mail client and have an extension installed to detect phishing emails. It works well. So, it can be done via ...

[triumph]

Originally Posted by dazzlin

I currently use Thunderbird as my mail client and have an extension installed to detect phishing emails. It works well. So, it can be done via the mail client.

I use thunderbird, but always forget to dig through the extensions for anything useful. I will need to check this one out. Not that I have a problem with Phishing e-mails as I can usually identify them.

Do you kow the name of that extension?

[dazzlin]

Went looking for the name of the extension and then remembered that the newest version of Thunderbird has it built in. So, no need for the extension anymore. Haven't really noticed how Thunderbird is handling it right now, but if I remember correctly,the original extension I used would just add a notice at the top of the email that it was probably a bogus phishing attempt (it used different wording than that of course).

[ninikins]

excellent, anothe rproblem solved..I didnt know that it could actually ahve the ext built in like that.

[Gawain]

Originally Posted by ninikins

Ok so would you be able to explain to me what happens exactly if the Phish thing happens to 'find' a dodgy email? what are the next sreps? Will it remove the message? Or ask for my confirmation for removal first?

Just wanted to pick up on this post that seems to have been overlooked. Firstly Email phishing filters work in quite a sophisticated way using a set of protocols to flag whether or not the email may indeed be "phishing" you for information. The main ways it does this is to look at links within the email, in outlook for example it was very easy to list a hyperlink as www.yourbank.com but actually have it divert to a URL which only shows an IP address (e.g. http://213.78.131.55/bankupdate) very deceiving for novices. The other way would be for it to scan the email address or key words for tell-tale signs of problems.

What happens when it finds a suspicious email? Well firstly it warns you of this, but then it gives you 2 options. Firstly you can ignore Microsoft and open up the email anyway, the other is to flag it as a phishing email (or a potential threat) and Microsoft will check it out and update the status of this email address (thus flagging it as a confirmed Phishing site and preventing others from viewing it in future). It will never fully restrict you from viewing the email, this is down to you - but they will make it as obvious as possible that you're on the verge of making a BIG mistake.

Hope that helps

[hevad2]

My live mail flickers, some of the pull downs do not show up sometimes.... any ideas. Running Vista beta 2 5384

[crabby]

You are having plenty of issues hevad. So I am going to go out on a limb here and say REINSTALL VISTA!!! It sounds completely buggered to me

crabby

[Jlinderj]

I'm sorry, but I don't see why anyone would want a email program that doesn't send mail. Can someone tell me, please.

[dazzlin]

Why in the world would you think any of the email programs mentioned in this thread doesn't send mail? Just to be clear...they all do. Or were you talking about something else?

[pobi]

windows mail brings many features that i like and is suitable to my needs. but sometimes i also encountered minor problems accessing it.

[felix8406]

The thing I like most about Windows Mail, and also Windows Live Mail, is their simplicity when it comes to setting up the email accounts and getting the application running...almost anyone can do it. Other email clients, especially open-source, are a little more tricky to get them to work and sometimes don't even work at all.