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ZeroConcernslast Friday at 6:12 PM1 replyview on HN

> Can this be fixed?

For popular senders: sort-of: in your incoming mail server, substring-match the display name of the sender against popular brands, and ensure the actual domain matches.

This works remarkably well for proper brands (FedEx et al), but breaks down when the brand name regularly occurs in "normal" names, the sending brand sends mail from all over the place, or "innocuous" impersonation takes place all the time.

Like, somehow, From: "VODAFONE" <[email protected]> is a 100% legit sender (assuming SPF and DKIM verification pass), despite both Vodafone and DPD being pretty common impersonation targets. You'd think they'd know better, but alas.

So, yeah, room for improvement and such...


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layer8last Friday at 6:47 PM

Use <service>@<yourdomain> as your email address when signing up, and check the To header when receiving emails.

And/or, long-press or right-click on any link to inspect the linked domain.

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