On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:38:49 +0200 Flemming Jacobsen wrote: > 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.
If it's an unrelated external address then it's just one address in billions and it wont be randomly spoofed.
