The worst Phishing false positive ever?

Tue Dec 14 17:55:02 GMT 2004

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Yes, I reported MailScanner's misidentification of .NET as phishing a
little while back.

Phil

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Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK

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Subject: The worst Phishing false positive ever?

       Is this the worst Phishing false positive ever?

I think that perhaps it thinks ".net", that Microsoft
technology is in fact a part of a domain name.

Any ideas? 

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