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The sad thing is it really shouldn't be this hard to identify spoofed email addresses. I feel like we've gone backwards in UX with Inbox app and mobile email c
by chrischen 10y ago
The sad thing is it really shouldn't be this hard to identify spoofed email addresses.
I feel like we've gone backwards in UX with Inbox app and mobile email clients that hide the email by default.
- 0x0 10y ago"Friendly" email headers are the new "hide known file extensions" :(
- duaneb 10y agoWhy does it display the name of anyone not in your contacts? Seems trivial to abuse. Hi, I'm Barack Obama, and I'm looking for a donation to prevent terrorism and child porn.
- nitrogen 10y agoYou completely changed your comment, so I'm responding to the original text: > I keep my file extensions hidden because if that's all between me and a virus I'm already fucked. It's also a sign I need to move operating systems. Showing extensions doesn't just guard against viruses, it also allows you to know what file type a file is, without having to memorize every icon on your system. You can also rename files to a different extension if you need to.
- duaneb 10y agoi can't speak for other OSs but if you click on the file you can see the extension. It's really only a pain in the ass when I can't remember and write the extension twice. Somehow you found the comment more interesting than I.
- Fiahil 10y agoYou can also use your favorite terminal emulator, and stop worrying about icons, file extensions, and "clicking on the wrong one".
- TeMPOraL 10y agoExcept that on systems that have the concept of "file extension", those extensions are used to determine how to open a file by default. If you're using Linux you don't care either way, but on Windows, even if on a terminal emulator, you have to care anyway.
- duaneb 10y agoI don't know what to say other than The Windows brand was permanently damaged from the ability to install a virus by double clicking a .jpeg. For years. UAC should have arrived with NT.
- kevincox 10y agoAlthough the whole address can be faked anyways so it's not a huge loss. That being said we are starting to create fairly good systems to prevent spoofed addresses.
- beachstartup 10y agothis is one of my biggest gripes about the entire apple ecosystem. every app tries its hardest to hide emails from you, when that's the only thing a business person would care about.
- athenot 10y agoAt least Mail.app lets you whitelist certain domains, making recipients with other domains pop in red when you're composing. It's useful in a corporate setting. As for sender, you can make it show the actual email address at all times (disable "use smart addresses").
- ascagnel_ 10y agoOn OS X/macOS, Mail.app by default has a default rule to highlight certain Apple-approved addresses as blue; however, this list is centered around marketing and promotional outboxes.
- beachstartup 10y agoyeah i use all that, it still finds ways to hide the email from me. also, the fact that it won't show an auto-complete list on a domain, is aggravating.
- pkulak 10y agoYup, and not only that, but Inbox got rid of the "Show Original" option! I used that all the time to see the real headers. Seems like twice a week I have to go to Gmail just to look at headers.