#PlainTextEmail

2025-05-20

Sourcehut created a plain text email guide.

CONTENTS
Recommended email clients for plain text users.
How to set up plain text with other email clients.
Etiquette recommendations for plain text emails.
Why is plain text better than HTML?
Recommendations for software which sends emails.

Website: useplaintext.email

#PlainText #Email #PlainTextEmail #Privacy #InfoSec #CyberSecurity #ClawsMail #KMail #Thunderbird #Roundcube #Evolution #Fastmail #UsePlainTextEmail

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Stuart Longland (VK4MSL)stuartl@longlandclan.id.au
2024-06-04

A perfect example why I refuse to use #HTMLemail. My father spotted this email (he's the treasurer for Brisbane WICEN) and noticed the odd figure.

K9-mail would only show the HTML version, which made the scam look _very_ authentic.

I hit the 3 dots and forwarded it as an attachment to my own email address to have a good look. Thunderbird's #PlainTextEmail view laid bare the scam.

#scam #InfoSec

The email as shown in the "HTML view" of Thunderbird. (DO NOT CLICK THE LINKS, THEY ARE NOT SAFE!)

***** PLEASE DO NOT REPLY *****

Dear Customer,

we inform you that your domain www.brisbanewicen.org.au to which this email account is connected will expire on 07/06/2024.

and a recent credit card payment we attempted on the card we have registered for you failed to proccess payment

Invoice Date: 03/06/2024 4:19:45 PM
Invoice No: AU168753
Amount: 5.20 AUD
Status: Unpaid

You now need to login to your client area to pay the invoice manually. During the payment process you will be given the opportunity to change the card on record with us.
https://renew.ventraip.au/domainrenew/payinvoice.php?id=1638875

Note: We would like to remind you that, if the domain is not renewed by that date, these and all associated services, including mailboxes, will be deactivated and can no longer be used for sending and receiving emails.

Kind regards

VetraIP Support

Customer Care Tel: +61 3 9013 8464

Address:  Level 1/66 Victor Cres, Narre Warren VIC 3805, Australia

Copyright 2024 VentraIP . All rights reserved.The same email, viewed as "Plain text".  (DO NOT CLICK THE LINKS, THEY ARE NOT SAFE!)

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***** PLEASE DO NOT REPLY *****

Dear Customer,

we inform you that your domain*www.brisbanewicen.org.au* to which this email 
account is connected will expire on *07/06/2024.*

and a recent credit card payment we attempted on the card we have registered for 
you failed to proccess payment

Invoice Date: 03/06/2024 4:19:45 PM
Invoice No: AU168753
Amount: 5.20 AUD
Status: Unpaid

You now need to login to your client area to pay the invoice manually. During 
the payment process you will be given the opportunity to change the card on 
record with us.
*https://renew./ventraip/.au/domainrenew/payinvoice.php?id=1638875* 
<https://chili-film.de>

Note: We would like to remind you that, if the domain is not renewed by that 
date, these and all associated services, including mailboxes, will be 
deactivated and can no longer be used for sending and receiving emails.

Kind regards

/VetraIP /Support

Customer Care Tel: +61 3 9013 8464

Address:  Level 1/66 Victor Cres, Narre Warren VIC 3805, Australia

Copyright 2024 /VentraIP/ . All rights reserved.
Dick Smiths Fair Go Supportersdsfgs@activism.openworlds.info
2021-02-14

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