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e-mail spoofing |
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The unauthorized use of a third-party domain name as the sender's name in an e-mail message. Most often used by spammers, spoofing the name of a popular retailer or organization entices the recipient to read the full message. See e-mail authentication, spoofing and spam. |
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Business e-mail is increasingly hard-hit by spam, e-mail spoofing and phishing, as well as a continuing string of e-mail-borne viruses and worms. Mail understands that online security is vital to consumers, and through our development and implementation of the DomainKeys authentication solution, we are actively helping to protect consumers from threats like e-mail spoofing and identity theft," said Brad Garlinghouse, vice president of Communications Products, Yahoo Almost every spam e-mail message uses e-mail spoofing. |
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