RW wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:33:49 +0200 Per Jessen wrote: > > RW wrote: > > > What I mean is that if I whitelist a private email address, the > > > chances of a spammer ever sending me a spam spoofing that address is > > > very small. > > > > Happened to me twice only yesterday - somebody sent me mails appearing > > to come from one of my email addresses. I don't think it's as rare an > > event as you suggest. > > Are you being deliberately obtuse? Of course that happens all the > time, but why would one whitelist such an address?
Because you use email to send yourself reminder notes or small files. I have addresses on several distinct systems (private, work, google, user group, ...). And I whitelist them because I do not want mail to get lost. Regards, Flemming -- Flemming Jacobsen Email: f...@batmule.dk "There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have." -- Don Herold
