High All:
Ever seen Tek probes for sale on the bay?... where the probe's coax has been bundled up...like you used to bundle up a piece of very flexible rope, back in Boy Scouts... or the coax is folded round and round, in a coil... then all squished together, at the middle... and a twist tie, elastic band, or tie wrap...fitted around.
What's behind that?
That can't be good for the coax... do you think? ... especially, high-frequency probes.
Regards.
Roy

Paul,
My apologies for including the Mailwasher detailed header information in my last post. I should have realized this was a mistake.

I have deleted it from TekScopes along with the other similar messages that included the Mailwasher detailed header information.
I believe that was an inadvertent mistake and not intentional.

To the members whose post I deleted because of the detailed header information that shouldn't have been there: Please feel free to resend your message without the detailed header information.

Dennis Tillman W7pF

Paul,
My apologies for including the Mailwasher detailed header information in my last post. I should have realized this was a mistake.
I have deleted it from TekScopes along with the other similar messages that included the Mailwasher detailed header information.
I believe that was an inadvertent mistake and not intentional.
To the members whose post I deleted because of the detailed header information that shouldn't have been there: Please feel free to resend your message without the detailed header information.
Dennis Tillman W7pF
-----Original Message-----
From: TekScopes@groups.io [mailto:TekScopes@groups.io] On Behalf Of Paul Amaranth
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2020 11:53 AM
To: TekScopes@groups.io
Subject: Re: [TekScopes] Fw: You have been removed from TekScopes@groups.io
Guys, will you stop quoting headers from my email? This is a public forum and, while the email addresses are obfuscated on the website, the dns names and IPs are not and there's no reason to enable harvesting bots.
If you have posted those headers in a reply, I ask that you either delete the message or edit it so the information is not available.
If not, I ask Dennis to delete those messages.
This is 2020, there's no reason to use real information when illustrating a point.
Paul

   I don't remember if Thunderbird can be set to download only headers or only a limited size. Used to be important if one was on a dial-up (I still have a dial up account but hardly ever use it). Mostly I can spot the junk pretty easily. Its still a PITA but I can keep it from being dangerous. Thunderbird has a set of vices all its own but is free and overall works quite well.

On 11/2/2020 9:01 AM, Geoffrey Thomas wrote:

I use Thunderbird too, the advantage in using mailwasher as well is that you get to preview and delete any suspicious email on the server before downloading an advantage for those of you wary of too much bandwidth being used up.
I also run mailwasher in Sandboxie - belt and braces,or belt and suspenders? as you lot over the pond might say.
I have no financial interest in Mailwasher etc.

Geoff.

On 02/11/2020 16:42, Richard Knoppow wrote:

    Thunderbird also will show the complete header and will also show the source message. Usually, it will show the actual URL of any link if you put the mouse pointer over the link. The URL shows up at the bottom of of the screen. Will tell you if you are getting some sort of phishing message.
    FWIW, I get messages fairly frequently telling me I owe money or there is some problem with a subscription or something else. Often very obvious fakes.

On 11/2/2020 8:10 AM, Geoffrey Thomas wrote:

Mailwasher is free and allows you to see everythingin the header and the body in plaintext so avoiding any hidden html nonsense.
This email from Paul shows up as this:

<snip>

I use Thunderbird too, the advantage in using mailwasher as well is that you get to preview and delete any suspicious email on the server before downloading an advantage for those of you wary of too much bandwidth being used up.
I also run mailwasher in Sandboxie - belt and braces,or belt and suspenders? as you lot over the pond might say.
I have no financial interest in Mailwasher etc.

Geoff.

On 02/11/2020 16:42, Richard Knoppow wrote:

    Thunderbird also will show the complete header and will also show the source message. Usually, it will show the actual URL of any link if you put the mouse pointer over the link. The URL shows up at the bottom of of the screen. Will tell you if you are getting some sort of phishing message.
    FWIW, I get messages fairly frequently telling me I owe money or there is some problem with a subscription or something else. Often very obvious fakes.

On 11/2/2020 8:10 AM, Geoffrey Thomas wrote:

Mailwasher is free and allows you to see everythingin the header and the body in plaintext so avoiding any hidden html nonsense.
This email from Paul shows up as this:

<snip>

As a practical security matter, *never* clink a link in an email. Even if it looks like it's someone you can trust.

This is the primary way ransomware and most other malware is propagated. The bad guys are getting really good at looking like good guys 9including personal contacts.)

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