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Re: E Mail,Help needed,
« Reply #15 on: 28 October 2010, 19:55:45 »
I'm a hoverer  :y
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Re: E Mail,Help needed,
« Reply #16 on: 28 October 2010, 19:59:34 »
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I'm a hoverer  :y
The scumbags will eventually find a way around that in popular mail clients....
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Re: E Mail,Help needed,
« Reply #17 on: 28 October 2010, 19:59:57 »
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Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.

Cut and paste the link if you must look at it.

I matters not if you know the sender.


So, in summary...

Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.






PS: Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.


So what are you saying ??;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Basically Never, ever, ever click on links in emails. Never. Ever. Ever.

Seems clear to me.... :D what do you do then, how do you open any links? do you copy it and open it on the Internet??
That is correct :y


More savvy users may choose to hover over link, and check that the actual URL matches the displayed URL, then click it, but I'd recommend using the safer method of retyping in a browser...

Especially as Unicode characters are now valid in URLs, so what looks like 'paypal.com' might actually be going to 'ruskie.com' and stealing all your money: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/02/unicode_url_hac_1.html

So, basically.. hovering and clicking may not save you anymore ;)
« Last Edit: 28 October 2010, 20:05:00 by aaronjb »
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Re: E Mail,Help needed,
« Reply #18 on: 28 October 2010, 20:12:44 »
So www.tb'spensionfund.com isn't the real link to paypal then?
I wondered where all my money was going. ;D
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Re: E Mail,Help needed,
« Reply #19 on: 28 October 2010, 20:21:08 »
 ;D

Interestingly enough I just tried a unicode link - Google Chrome is smart enough (or dumb enough, depending on your opinion on unicode DNS!) to barf at it..

I haven't tried Outlook/etc/etc, though..
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Re: E Mail,Help needed,
« Reply #20 on: 28 October 2010, 20:42:35 »
I use thunderbird, and have "view>message body as>plain text" turned on.
then I can see the URL I'm actually clicking on, not what the sender has disguised it as.

but I NEVER EVER click on links in emails anyway...
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Re: E Mail,Help needed,
« Reply #21 on: 28 October 2010, 21:38:07 »
I'm learning something new every day. Must be the BBC course for old farts that I'm doing. ::)
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