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2. Email spoofing - Wikipedia

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   Email spoofing is the creation of email messages with a forged sender address. [1] The term applies to email purporting to be from an address which is not actually the sender's; mail sent in reply to that address may bounce or be delivered to an unrelated party whose identity has been faked.

3. How email spoofing can affect AOL Mail

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   Spoofing happens when someone sends emails making it look like it they were sent from your account. In reality, the emails are sent through a spoofer's non-AOL server. They show your address in the "From" field to trick people into opening them and potentially infecting their accounts and computers. Differences between hacked and spoofed

4. DMARC - Wikipedia

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   If the email passes the authentication, it will be delivered and can be trusted. If the email fails the check, depending on the instructions held within the DMARC record the email could be delivered, quarantined or rejected. DMARC extends two existing email authentication mechanisms, Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and DomainKeys Identified Mail ...

5. Avoid spoofing emails and spam in the AOL app

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   Recognize a spoof alert Email spoofing is the forgery of an email header, which means the message appears to be coming from somewhere other than the actual source. Use the Report button to notify AOL about spoofed email addresses, or choose It's safe to continue.

6. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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   Sometimes these emails can contain dangerous viruses or malware that can infect your computer by downloading attached software, screensavers, photos, or offers for free products. Additionally, be wary if you receive unsolicited emails indicating you've won a prize or contest, or asking you to forward a petition or email.

7. Sender Rewriting Scheme - Wikipedia

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   The scheme provides a way to recover the original envelope address so that if a bounce does arrive, it can be forwarded along the reverse path, but this time with an empty envelope sender. While there are other workarounds, SRS is a fairly general one. Its notion of reversing the path resembles the original routing dispositions for email, see ...