Has anyone seen Protect Mail Activity get re-enabled after you've disabled it? I wrote about that a few days ago: https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/6/6.html
replyFetching any email content is always worse than blocking it, because the threshold for spam is "is this inbox monitored". If that is true, then blast it with spam. And fetching anything ever proves that the inbox is monitored.
replyAt least in Gmail, downloading content (e.g. images) is disabled by default for suspicious emails. There is no way for the sender to know if it’s monitored unless this is disabled by explicit user action.
replyMy impression as a Mutt user (which never downloads linked content) is that spammers don’t really care about whether an inbox is “monitored” or not.
replyI’m still mildly annoyed every email I send using Mail has my IP embedded in it
replySource? I don't think this is true. Doesn't seem to be the case for me. Maybe your email provider attaches your IP address?
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