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Google now blocks spoofed emails for better phishing protection (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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Google has started automatically blocking emails sent by bulk senders who don't meet stricter spam thresholds and authenticate their messages as required by new guidelines to strengthen defenses against spam and phishing attacks.

As announced in October, the company now requires those who want to dispatch over 5,000 messages daily to Gmail accounts to set up SPF/DKIM and DMARC email authentication for their domains.

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[-] invertedspear@lemm.ee 10 points 7 months ago

Why does the article only mention Google? I know yahoo had its heyday already, but they are still a common email platform and made the same requirements at the same time as Google.

[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 2 points 7 months ago

It blows my mind that some of the largest email services in the world were accepting mail without all the antispam authentication. Everybody had been doing their best to keep it in check and they were simply ignoring all of it?

[-] Jyek@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

It's a really pain in the rear to configure for anyone who doesn't have a dedicated IT or an MSP. You have to get these DKIM and DMARC records from your exchange provider and then you have to configure them on your DNS host. If your DNS host isn't modifiable you have to send requests to their support to get those records put in place and then they want to verify your records from your provider as well as a security measure. I've had clients that took us a week because of all the song and dance of DKIM and DMARC all because I couldn't go in and add the records myself.

Fuck you LOGIX you garbage company from the stone age. Let me manage my clients DNS records. 😤

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