They Told You Not To Reply

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Bob Poortinga [k9sql () k9sql us]
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 12:34 PM
To: David Farber
Subject: They Told You Not To Reply

For possible submission to IP:

This is serious problem.  Many organizations including banks and
government agencies are guilty of this and send personal, confidential,
or proprietary emails in this manner.

<http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/03/they_told_you_not_to_reply.html>

"When businesses want to communicate with their customers via e-mail, many
send messages with a bogus return address, e.g. "somethinghere () donotreply com."
The practice is meant to communicate to recipients that any replies
will go unread.

But when those messages are sent to an inactive e-mail address or the recipient
ignores the instruction and replies anyway, the missives don't just
disappear into the digital ether.

Instead, they land in Chet Faliszek's e-mail box."

[snip]

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Bob Poortinga K9SQL
Bloomington, IN US

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