[IP] 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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