Thunderbird - Reduce phishing by blocking links from strangers

[Mutzu]

The following would be a simple but effective measure to reduce successful phishing attempts by 95% (I guess 😀) :

Do not allow a link to be opened from an email whose sender address is not stored in the address book or in a whitelist maintained by the user.

Actually, I think, this should be the the default behavior of Thunderbird that could be changed.

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/thunderbird-phishing-assistance/idi-p/83080

[Jon]

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[wsm]

See also https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/anti-phishing-block-links-by-defualt-instead-show-a-popup/idi-p...