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Re: [LUG] .bad apple.

 

On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Julian Hall wrote:
> Agreed.  It's not just individuals who find them attractive either.  I know
> one university which uses GMail, and Virginmedia also use them.  However the
> From: addresses on each are what you would expect .ntlworld.com /
> .virginmedia.com and .glam.ac.uk so there is no way a recipient would know
> the backbone email provider without examining the headers.

No, but (at least in almost all cases) there is also no reason for a
recipient to care about this.

> Presumably
> though they are just as likely to get hacked as an individual's account.

That depends on how the hacks take place, but indeed, I wouldn't bet
on these accounts to be more secure.

Martijn.

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