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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. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq