Re: [Asrg] whitelisting links (was Re: misconception in SPF)

Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com> Tue, 11 December 2012 14:21 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Asrg] whitelisting links (was Re: misconception in SPF)
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On 12/11/2012 05:37 AM, Rich Kulawiec wrote:
> I think we're getting into a number of overlapping problems here, most
> of which are caused by the use of worst practices (e.g., HTML in email,
> outsourced email, use of URL shorteners, web sites that load Javascript
> from a dozen different sources[1], financial institutions that are
> training their customers to be phish victims, etc.)
>
Anybody who thinks that using HTML or outsourcers are "worst
practices" is part of the problem, not part of the solution.

Mike