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[Clem Cole]

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 3:42 AM, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote:

> How the hell does someone as theoretically techie as the people on this
> list get their freaking email address compromised?


​Be careful with over arching statements.  It's trivial to forge someone
else's email address.    Yes, most of us set up our systems so that the
rcvr should do sender authentication, but not all receiving systems do, and
it's optional etc.   So stuff happens.   As someone with a 40+ year domain
name its still a problem - forgeries are ripe.

I think the better question is techie's should be able to recognize most
junk that get's through the filters.   The good news is that most of it
does get stopped, but those messages that do make it thru, we need to be
"always watching."

Clem​
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