gmail phishing warnings

Daniel J. Luke dluke at geeklair.net
Thu Dec 22 08:15:49 PST 2011


On Dec 22, 2011, at 11:12 AM, Phil Dobbin wrote:
> On 22/12/11 16:02, "Daniel J. Luke" <dluke at geeklair.net> wrote:
> [...]
> 
>> maybe? I think Google is trying to 'encourage' list operators to use SPF and
>> DKIM. It's worth noting that at least initially, google groups list mail would
>> generate the same warning (I haven't checked recently, so they may have fixed
>> that).
> 
> I use gmail for virtually all mailing list subscriptions including google
> groups & I've seen nothing of these sorts of warning on my travels
> regardless of which MUA I use to read them (from mutt through to web
> interface).


It's only going to appear in their web interface, and only if

- mail is originally from a domain that sets SPF or DKIM
- mail is re-sent through a listserver that doesn't set SPF or DKIM (or does something that invalidates the existing DKIM signature)

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