Comments on: How do you know you’re REALLY popular? http://greenwhite.org/blog/2007/07/03/how-do-you-know-youre-really-popular/ Coffee Sessions for the Industry! Sat, 12 May 2012 08:39:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Babar Bhatti http://greenwhite.org/blog/2007/07/03/how-do-you-know-youre-really-popular/comment-page-1/#comment-1679 Babar Bhatti Tue, 03 Jul 2007 18:19:47 +0000 http://greenwhite.org/2007/07/03/how-do-you-know-youre-really-popular/#comment-1679 Bots can pick up the email domain from email addresses from the web and abuse it. So dont write email addresses in plain text anywhere. Bots can pick up the email domain from email addresses from the web and abuse it. So dont write email addresses in plain text anywhere.

]]> By: Osama A. http://greenwhite.org/blog/2007/07/03/how-do-you-know-youre-really-popular/comment-page-1/#comment-1677 Osama A. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:54:33 +0000 http://greenwhite.org/2007/07/03/how-do-you-know-youre-really-popular/#comment-1677 Would they actually have to have access to our SMTP server? I am pretty sure that that's next to impossible in our case (i.e. someone gaining access to it.) Would they actually have to have access to our SMTP server? I am pretty sure that that’s next to impossible in our case (i.e. someone gaining access to it.)

]]> By: The Jaywalker http://greenwhite.org/blog/2007/07/03/how-do-you-know-youre-really-popular/comment-page-1/#comment-1673 The Jaywalker Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:20:52 +0000 http://greenwhite.org/2007/07/03/how-do-you-know-youre-really-popular/#comment-1673 SMTP protocol is really pathetic. It asks you for "real from" field and "displayed from" field differently. Spam detection tools usually filter emails with different "real from" and "displayed from" fields. It's so weird that you can send emails to some people and display completely different list in "to" field (i.e., the displayed addressee list). When I was a fresh hire, I wrote a small smtp utility that I used to play pranks; I used to send weird emails to colleagues as if being sent by the HR manager with CC list showing CEO and senior management. In reality, those emails were sent by me to a selected group. However, it's a shame if somebody is really using your SMTP server. SMTP protocol is really pathetic. It asks you for “real from” field and “displayed from” field differently. Spam detection tools usually filter emails with different “real from” and “displayed from” fields.

It’s so weird that you can send emails to some people and display completely different list in “to” field (i.e., the displayed addressee list). When I was a fresh hire, I wrote a small smtp utility that I used to play pranks; I used to send weird emails to colleagues as if being sent by the HR manager with CC list showing CEO and senior management. In reality, those emails were sent by me to a selected group.

However, it’s a shame if somebody is really using your SMTP server.

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