alt Hacker NewsFor reasons I can't remember, I was able to send emails through the company's Windows email server under any name that I wanted.
I know of several fortune 100 companies that still allow this due to the way they set up email protection with o365 and Proofpoint, ironically. not naming them. I've done similar pranks and got by with the skin of my teeth but would not recommend people do this early in their career especially if leadership are sensitive to embarrassment.
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I showed a new to IT guy about open relays and he was about to send an email from the CEO but thinking better, he sent the joke email from "[email protected]" (real name instead obviously) - the amount of people STILL thinking it was the real thing was embarrassing.
>leadership are sensitive to embarrassment
Or they don't want distractions that are too costly.
> especially if leadership are sensitive to embarrassment.
Funny thing is that I cleared my prank with Peter Sachs because he was a bit of a stick-in-the-mud, but he told me to go for it and he thought it was hilarious.
I didn't clear it with Jim Collinsworth because he was a bit of a jokester himself so I (incorrectly) assumed he'd have no problem with it.