I hear you. I was frustrated by the SMTP thing once myself. Thereafter, I knew what was going on. Anyway, as devs who need access to this stuff we are in the m

I hear you. I was frustrated by the SMTP thing once myself. Thereafter, I knew what was going on. Anyway, as devs who need access to this stuff we are in the minority, and I am sure they can find a way to make exceptions for people like us who are "power users". But, to leave the other 98% of grandmothers, etc. completely vulnerable to botnets by default seems an unreasonable approach. What seems clear is that they will eventually have to do something.