Feature Request: Phishing

[Julian Field]

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But the user's mail client will display the address as a link. So you
haven't gained anything much.

Roger Jochem wrote:

>Even so, the link would disapear, but the address (the real one) don't. If
>the user really wants to access it, it could be done simply by cutting and
>pasting the address in the browser...
>
>And would be an option. "Disarm", "Allert", or "No" would be the options...
>
>No - Would not look for the frauds
>Allert - Would work like today
>Disarm - Would be the new option
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Julian Field" <MailScanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>
>To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:03 PM
>Subject: Re: Feature Request: Phishing
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>>I purposely didn't do that as there is an inevitable false alarm rate. I
>>don't even tag the Subject: line. Having a valid (false positive) link
>>removed would annoy my users very quickly!
>>
>>Roger Jochem wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I'd would like to have a way of "disarming" phishing frauds from the
>>>
>>>
>e-mail
>
>
>>>instead of warning the user about it.  Could it be done? Something like
>>>removing the <a href...> from the e-mail, disabling the fraud. Even
>>>
>>>
>warning
>
>
>>>my users, some of them open the link. Maybe because they're curious about
>>>it... Is it possible?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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