Re: [Evolution] some info please

[Richard Bown <richard g8jvm com>]

On Thu, 2018-10-04 at 14:50 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> On Thu, 2018-10-04 at 14:14 +0100, Richard Bown wrote:
> > I'll probably get told off for asking, but it does need someone
> > with a
> > knowledge of evo to answer.
> > I getting some threatening spam ,
>
> Is it along the lines of "we've hacked into your camera and got the
> pictures. Pay us or we'll make them public." If so, ignore it.
>
> > the last part of the header looks like this:-
> >
> > Date: 4 Oct 2018 17:43:38 +0200 (04/10/18 16:43:38)
> > From: richard g8jvm com
> > X-Priority: 3
> > Message-Id: <666322984 201810041749 g8jvm com>
> > To: toeakveir <richard g8jvm com>
> > Subject: [SPAM] Account Issue
> > Mime-Version: 1.0
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="cp-850"
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
> > X-Spam-Prev-Subject: Account Issue
> > X-Evolution-Source: 1455038713.12053.2@richard-Inspiron-N5030
> >
> > Now that last line after the @ is actually the linux name of this
> > laptop
> > Is the number before it the index of the received mail or the index
> > of
> > the sent mail.
>
> Neither.  It's the internal account UUID of where the mail is stored.
> It's never exposed to the outside world and is only present when you
> view the mail in Evolution. That exact same string will be present in
> all emails on that account.
>
> If you look in ~/.cache/evolution/mail you will see the same strings.
>
> > Looking at sent mails that format is used on outgoing mail, is it
> > also
> > used on incoming as well.?
> > I'm trying to determine if who ever is spoofing my email address
> > has
> > got the computer name from mail I've sent to someone or a list, or
> > from
> > this laptop with malware, but I haven't found anything.
> > Hence asking those with an expert knowledge of how evolution handle
> > mail.
>
> As I said, neither. It's an internal identifier added by Evolution -
> it's not even stored in the cached email, it's added by Evolution on
> the fly as it displays the mail.
>
> P.
>
> info/evolution-list
Thanks Pete
I will be ignoring it, its the second batch, quoting a very old
password.
As that id is internal the laptop has not been exposed.
Back in to reading mail mode, Evo 3.28.5 is working fine , so no
problems.

-- 
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 Richard Bown
 
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