From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Tue Jul 27 2004 - 17:42:11 PDT
On Jul 27, 2004, at 5:13 PM, Ed Kummel wrote:
> I find it incomprehensible that an AOL tech who
> obviously have a high enough position to lock out
> accounts fell for one of the most common spoofs in
> email!
> The fake "from" address!
> Anyone "in the business" who implements such a drastic
> measure without first investigating WHY the issue
> happened, needs to have remedial training on how to
> perform the most basic aspects of their job!
> It's a sad state of affairs that such things like this
> are happening!
No Doubt!
This is ridiculous and certainly deserves a serious complaint to AOL.
It isn't acceptable for the technician/system to be so completely
ignorant as to not be tell the difference between a forged to address
and the actual sender!
Sheesh!
Marty
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