Verizon plays fast and loose with the wrong 1, 200 e-mail addresses

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

Bcc, bcc, and bcc...

Mr. David Williams, technology coordinator for a Texas school district is being quoted in Network World article 
referenced:

""Considering their content (about data-breach seminars), I thought it very humorous that the TO: field of the e-mails 
contained over 1,200 e-mail addresses:
17 e-mails times 1,200 addresses equals more than 20,000 chances for leaks."

Williams did more than merely chuckle, though, he tried to be helpful by forwarding to the Verizon sender a pair of 
links -- "Sins of The Internet: Not Using Bcc," and, "Use BCC field when addressing mass mail."

Wrote the miscreant in reply: "I apologize for the inconvenience and lapse in judgment by not using the BCC field.""
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More at
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/33767
 
Juha-Matti
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