With HTML rendering disabled, KMail asks for permission before rendering a HTML message. It also asks for permission for loading external references. This creates the impression that no external references are loaded before having received permission from the user. However, as a check with https://emailprivacytester.com reveals, KMail loads at least some external references (, object tags, iframes, CSS) before asking for permission. This compromises the privacy of the user. Expected behaviour: Kmail should not load any external references before given permission to do so by the user. Reproducible: Always
Problem is reproducable with kmail 4.14.4
Hi, I just got a similar situation. The spam-mail has an attached html file with title and just a <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL='https://....'" /> This then loads the link in the external web browser. I tested what I had to do prevent the external browser from opening and the only way was to disable html totally and making attachments "as icons". If you want the sample I do have it in my trash folder, but it is NSFW :( /Kåre
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This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information. For more information about our bug triaging procedures please read the wiki located here: https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Bug_triaging Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!