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eMail remote content
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I've got my Mail pref set to NOT load remote content, yet many times I see no additional content when I click on a "Load" button.
Can anybody explain what's happening?
Thanks.
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.
In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
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Re: eMail remote content
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Perhaps the remotely loaded contents are micro-messages or some other subtly embedded content that are not visible to the naked eye?
On a Mac since 1984. Currently: 24" M1 iMac, M2 Pro Mac mini with 27" BenQ monitor, M2 Macbook Air, MacOS 14.x; iPhones, iPods (yes, still) and iPads.
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Re: eMail remote content
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Perhaps the remotely loaded contents are micro-messages or some other subtly embedded content that are not visible to the naked eye? I have heard of malware exploits being distributed that way, but I don’t know if they targeted Macs or not.
If we knew what it was we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
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Re: eMail remote content
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Thanks, guys, but for some reason Ira's post prompted me to go looking, and I found out that it's a bug in Mail 13.4.
When I quit and relaunch Mail, the remote content appears only after I hit the "Load remote content" button, at which point the button disappears.
Subsequently, though, when I click away from the particular email and then back to it, both the remote content and the "Load..." button are there.
(I was never worried about it being a malware problem, because I click on the button only when the sender is a known reliable entity.)
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.
In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
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I see the same behavior with the "Load Remote" button you describe. When I go back to the first email the remote content is no longer present. Never noticed it before because I don't usually click back to the first email since they tend to be in my Junk mail.
On a Mac since 1984. Currently: 24" M1 iMac, M2 Pro Mac mini with 27" BenQ monitor, M2 Macbook Air, MacOS 14.x; iPhones, iPods (yes, still) and iPads.
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Re: eMail remote content
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I see the same behavior with the "Load Remote" button you describe. When I go back to the first email the remote content is no longer present. Never noticed it before because I don't usually click back to the first email since they tend to be in my Junk mail. That's not what I"m seeing. When I go back to the first email the remote content is still present, but the (unnecessary) "Load remote content" button has reappeared. I see it frequently, because it happens with emails from Verizon, Amazon, and other entities with which I deal which reman in my in-box.
The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.
In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
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