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Freebytes
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Comment #49098550
https://powerdmarc.com/gmail-enforcement-email-rejection/
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Comment #49098530
Some large companies have started blocking domains that do not have DMARC. It is a simple DNS entry. (Easier than SPF.) You should add it to all of your domains even though it acco…
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Comment #49098508
SPF did solve an issue. Domain impersonation is no longer as much of an issue if you are strict against SPF failures. DMARC, on the other hand, solved absolutely nothing.
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Comment #49098469
One solution would be whitelist only. You must specifically whitelist a domain or email address, and everything else is blocked. If someone wants to send you an email, you must get…
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Comment #49098281
You are thinking of approved domains only, and perhaps people can vote them out. But, what you are describing is an RBL (in this case a real time whitelist instead). I like the abi…
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Comment #49098232
Not to mention that the larger companies are incentivized not to deliver your email due to low volume. If your service does not work, companies will be encouraged to use Google or …
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Comment #49098143
The real reason p=none persists is because people would rather err on the side of email being delivered that is actually junk than having a miss of legitimate mail. (This also the …
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Comment #49098081
Google is not the only email provider in the world, though. Not all email services are global corporations, and we must be careful never to interrupt the services of independent em…
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Comment #48924403
The memories cause issues for me, because when I ask for something unrelated to my current projects, it makes the incorrect assumption that I am always referencing those projects w…
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Comment #47491248
I am often asked "What do you do?" when I meet someone new. I know they are asking about my job, but I throw off the expectations by saying, "Oh, I like to play video games and wat…
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Comment #47353690
AI has not been used to write any comment that I have ever posted on Hacker News. You can observe my previous comments over the years, even prior to the adoption of modern LLMs, wh…
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Comment #47353269
Using AI to write content is seen so harshly because it violates the previously held social contract that it takes more effort to write messages than to read messages. If a person …
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Comment #47171180
This is such an impossible to solve problem that every advanced nation on Earth has already solved it, except the United States.
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Comment #46637947
I thought this was a post about graphics.
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Comment #46637932
There needs to be a way to see how much it is being used then and not simply the life of the Sprite.
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Comment #46557322
Merely choosing lines to copy and paste from one file of your own code to another is a learning experience for your brain. AI is excellent for removing a lot of grunt work, but tha…
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Comment #46507709
Some models of the motorcycle are available right now and can charge to 80% in 10 minutes and go ~350 miles. Unless it is a scam, and you will not get your motorcycle... However, t…
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Comment #46507485
This reminds me of the way the Internet was in the past. And the random sites to which this site links. (If you have not seen Neocities, it is another similar place which is the pr…
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Comment #46329564
This article talks about martinis about as much as it talks about the careers of lawyers being threatened by AI. The article provides no real justification for its claims outside o…
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Comment #45826572
I thought they were talking about redesigning hardware from the ground up. There will always be history and baggage if you are working with the same computer instruction sets. From…
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Comment #44268166
In many cases, it may be to fulfill rules associated with PCIDSS requirements, even if the company never sees the credit card. This all originates from consultants, and the consult…
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Comment #44268140
Yes, it makes sense if the environment has changed, the device has changed, or if the person is logging in from a higher threat source such as a VPN IP address. However, if nothing…
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Comment #43426420
Along with having block lists, perhaps you could add poison to your results that generates random bad code that will not work, and that is only seen by bots (display: none when ren…
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Comment #42476996
This might be because they are referencing single step, and I do not think o1 is single step.
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Comment #42351265
In the past, BASIC was certainly the easiest programming language to use, but ironically, many newer programming languages are now actually easier to learn. Yes, BASIC is easy, but…