Mis-delivery
Mis-delivery
- April 23, 2021
- Posted by: Nicola Selenu

Email mis-delivery is a common cause of data breaches. This user error can occur when a user inadvertently sends an email containing sensitive data to the wrong recipient. Mis-delivery errors can also occur when the recipients of bulk emails have their names and email addresses exposed to other parties on the list. This occurred in 2015 when an employee of a London-based NHS clinic specialising in HIV care inadvertently send a bulk email newsletter using the “To” field instead of the “Bcc” field of their email application. Several techniques
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Mis-delivery
Email mis-delivery is a common cause of data breaches. This user error can occur when a user inadvertently sends an email containing sensitive data to the wrong recipient. Mis-delivery errors can also occur when the recipients of bulk emails have their names and email addresses exposed to other parties on the list. This occurred in 2015 when an employee of a London-based NHS clinic specialising in HIV care inadvertently send a bulk email newsletter using the “To” field instead of the “Bcc” field of their email application. Several techniques
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Email Service Providers Handbook
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SPAMASSASSIN RULES
All SpamAssassin rules in one place, EXPLAINED!
SMTP COMMANDS
& REPLY CODES
All SMTP/ESMTP commands and reply codes in one place, EXPLAINED!
Free DNS Tool
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