[OT] Handling of suspicious emails

[Jim Byrnes]

On 07/26/2011 03:10 PM, Rashkae wrote:
> On 07/26/2011 03:44 PM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> All of my internet activities take place on the Unbutu/Firefox
>> combination. So is there any harm in just opening a suspect email to
>> verify that it is in fact something I want no part of?
>>
>> I ask because yesterday I almost sent an important email to the junk
>> folder because I mistook it for spam/scam.
>>
>> Regards, Jim
>>
>
> I don't want to say "no" out of hand. Theoretically, it is possible for
> a bug in Firefox that would allow a cross platform exploit to do some
> mischief. However, I am not aware of any such running loose in the wild.
> (That is, I am not aware of any known exploits being used to harm Ubuntu
> computers that do not involve the user deliberately adding extensions /
> plugins to Firefox.) My advise would be to not worry about viewing
> e-mail you receive.
>


Rashkae,

Thanks for the info.  I'm sure I read somewhere that you could get 
trouble on Windows by just opening certain emails. I didn't think that 
was likely on Linux but I wanted some confirmation.

Regards,  Jim