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While a good deal of our entertainment circa 1993 (Computer Science Honours, Sydney University) centered around exploiting this delightful fact (close second: u

While a good deal of our entertainment circa 1993 (Computer Science Honours, Sydney University) centered around exploiting this delightful fact (close second: unattended terminals), I had long since figured that forging emails off a open SMTP port wasn't really still A Thing.

mnw21cam 7y ago
Oh, it most definitely still is A Thing. There have been a few notable attempts to stop it happening, but none of them have really worked completely, and they only apply to some from-domains.
- sam_lowry_ 7y ago
  O'rly? Try sending a mail from satya.nadella@microsoft.com to anyone you know.
  - TallGuyShort 7y ago
    Microsoft operates some of the more well-known of those from domains.
OJFord 7y ago
Use your own domain for email and watch the 'hacker' spam roll in.
- RandomBacon 7y ago
  I do, and get no such spam.