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Re: prefix but not actually a reply (thread-hijack phishing)

fake-reply-prefix

What this tier means

Warning signal — bulk / marketing / mild spam. Contributes to the trash score but is not by itself sufficient.

How Gorganizer detects this

Subject starts with a reply prefix (Re:, Sv:, Aw:, or Rép:) but the message is NOT a reply — the In-Reply-To and References headers are both missing. Every legitimate reply originates from a standards-compliant mail client (Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird) that sets those headers automatically. A Re:-prefixed subject without them is a deliberate thread-hijack attempt: the attacker borrows the trust halo of a fake conversation to increase click-through on a phishing or spam payload. Fwd: is deliberately excluded from this detection because users occasionally type "Fwd:" into a fresh compose when pasting forwarded content manually.

False-positive guard

Every signal in Gorganizer feeds a multi-module score — never a sole verdict. This is a warning-tier signal — bulk / marketing / mild spam. It contributes to the trash score but never triggers deletion on its own. Gorganizer requires multiple signals + a margin over the safety floor before any email is moved to trash.

About the scoring engine

Gorganizer's scoring engine emits over 1,800 signals across six modules — headers, sender, subject, body, attachments, and structural metadata. Every email is scored by every module independently; the final verdict requires multiple modules to agree and the trash score to beat the safety floor by a margin.

Sacred safety guards — never delete starred emails, replies, calendar invites, receipts/invoices, or attachments — apply unconditionally regardless of any signal.

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