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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 47978] kmail should disclose less information in email headers
From:       <stashelp () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2002-09-18 12:38:40
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------- Additional Comments From stashelp@yahoo.com  2002-09-18 14:38 -------
Subject: Re:  kmail should disclose less information in email headers       

--- Ingo Klöcker <kloecker@kde.org> wrote:
> ------- Additional Comments From kloecker@kde.org 
> 2002-09-18 11:10 -------
> Ad 1: Received: headers are generated by the mail
> servers and not by KMail.  
> There is nothing we can do about it. 
yes but why not claim that I am
"localhost.localdomain" or something generic like
that?

> You should
> consider using a remailer.  
>
ok, i'll try it out. thanx.

> Ad 2: The timezone field in the Date: header is a
> must. See  
> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2822.txt. Again using a
> remailer might help.  
>   
it may be required but why not allow the user to fake
it (e.g. +0000)?

> Ad 3: You can overwrite the X-Mailer / User-Agent
> header with an empty string  
> with appropriate custom headers, e.g. add a custom
> header with name "X-Mailer"  
> and value "". The custom headers are configurable in
> Configure  
> KMail...->Composer->Headers.  
this works!

thanx

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------- Additional Comments From stashelp@yahoo.com  2002-09-18 14:38 -------
Subject: Re:  kmail should disclose less information in email headers       

--- Ingo Klöcker <kloecker@kde.org> wrote:
> ------- Additional Comments From kloecker@kde.org 
> 2002-09-18 11:10 -------
> Ad 1: Received: headers are generated by the mail
> servers and not by KMail.  
> There is nothing we can do about it. 
yes but why not claim that I am
"localhost.localdomain" or something generic like
that?

> You should
> consider using a remailer.  
>
ok, i'll try it out. thanx.

> Ad 2: The timezone field in the Date: header is a
> must. See  
> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2822.txt. Again using a
> remailer might help.  
>   
it may be required but why not allow the user to fake
it (e.g. +0000)?

> Ad 3: You can overwrite the X-Mailer / User-Agent
> header with an empty string  
> with appropriate custom headers, e.g. add a custom
> header with name "X-Mailer"  
> and value "". The custom headers are configurable in
> Configure  
> KMail...->Composer->Headers.  
this works!

thanx

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