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17 Feb 2018, 02:02 AM | #16 | |
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At first glance, looks very interesting, but then I'm thinking what is the owner of the website getting out of this? Then I had a look at their privacy policy, which looks like it's been copied and pasted from another website. It may mean nothing, but I would be interested to hear others thoughts on this. |
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17 Feb 2018, 02:19 AM | #17 | |
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What is (or rather: was) the owner of emaildiscussions.com getting out of it? How many really original & different versions of the privacy policy can even the most talented hack write? |
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17 Feb 2018, 02:21 AM | #18 | |
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A lot of people come to me asking if a certain e-mail address is having problems or why a certain e-mail address doesn't work. Usually the answer is in the bounce-mail, but often it is in such technical terms most people don't know what it means.I don't think this is anything more than someone kindly sharing a script they wrote,. [edited for typos] |
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17 Feb 2018, 02:44 AM | #19 |
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17 Feb 2018, 04:35 AM | #20 |
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Thank you! This looks really useful. Might save us a few headaches.
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21 Feb 2018, 04:24 PM | #21 |
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Although the FM letterhead didn't come through in the copy/paste attempt, this is from the "Abuse Department:"
That definitely looks like a phishing attempt.. I am not sure if the phish is designed you to tell you that your hughes.net account is blocked or that your FastMail is blocked. That was definitely not from us. If you have a hughes.net account, and if you are unsure, I would suggest getting in touch with them, but if you ask me, this is most likely a phishing attempt. I didn't include the name of the person who wrote to me because I didn't clear it with the author first. |
21 Feb 2018, 04:31 PM | #22 |
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21 Feb 2018, 09:24 PM | #23 |
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Looks like phishing to me. If it's not that important, just delete the email!
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22 Feb 2018, 05:40 AM | #24 |
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While I agree that this is a phishing attempt, I would counsel against relying on services that indicate whether or not email addresses are valid. There is no 100% reliable way that any service can tell. Both false positives and false negatives are quite common.
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22 Feb 2018, 04:37 PM | #25 |
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23 Feb 2018, 07:15 AM | #26 |
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This is a large and complex subject. However, here are some of the biggest challenges:
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