From: Cap1MD@worldnet.att.net   
      
   Me wrote:   
   > Starting in late February, I began receiving spam where the user-agent   
   > line of the header was this:   
   >   
   > User-Agent:  Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031)   
   >   
   > A search of my entire e-mail inventory going back almost 10 years   
   > indicates that the only e-mails I've received with "Thunderbird   
   > 2.0.0.9" in the User-Agent line corresponds only to this new set of   
   > spam, and not to any "legit" e-mails.   
   >   
   > My question is this:   
   >   
   > Does "Thunderbird 2.0.0.9" correspond to a string fragment that I   
   > would or could encounter in the header of an e-mail sent by a human   
   > using some version of Thunderbird?   
   >   
   > Does any version of Thunderbird have:   
   >   
   >     "Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031)"   
   >   
   > As the exact (and only) contents of the User-Agent line?   
   >   
   > If the answer is no, then I will add:   
   >   
   >    [User-Agent contains "Thunderbird 2.0.0.9"]   
   >   
   > 	or   
   >   
   >    [User-Agent is Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031)]   
   >   
   > to the list of spam-detection conditions for my e-mail client   
   > (Communicator 4.79).   
      
   That is the standard UA string for TB.  The current version is 2.0.0.12,   
   but a lot of people use outdated versions.  I would not use it as the   
   basis for a filter.   
      
   Lee   
      
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