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Thankfully, Thunderbird does provide phishing (sometimes called "scam") detection. You can read more about this here: [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/thunderbirds-scam-detection Thunderbird’s Scam Detection]
Thankfully, Thunderbird does provide phishing (sometimes called "scam") detection. You can read more about this here: [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/thunderbirds-scam-detection Thunderbird’s Scam Detection]


The current implementation uses a series of fairly simple rules. It is an ongoing initiative to improve this detection. Some bugs which track work in this area can be found below:
The current implementation uses a series of fairly simple rules. It is an ongoing initiative to improve this detection.
 
'''Some bugs which track work in this area can be found below:'''
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1249562 Bug 1249562] (Fixed)
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1249562 Bug 1249562] (Fixed)
'''Academic Research in the Anti-Phishing Space'''
* "Detecting Phishing Emails Using Hybrid Features": https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5319188/
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