Post #978450
2026-04-07 08:51 UTC
My email server sent me a "spam blocked" notification. It's definitely spam. But the best bit is how the spammer messed up.
They've set up a DMARC policy of "quarantine" on their domain (presumably to look more trustworthy) and then not DKIM signed the email. So (correctly configured) email servers will check DMARC and go "Huh, better quarantine that" 😆
#Spam #Fail
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@ibboard@hachyderm.io 2026-04-07 08:52
Unless… maybe it's some sneaky ploy 🤔 Maybe it's like the bad writing in a lot of scammy emails. They know they're not going to get anywhere with people who can correctly configure an email server, so they're intentionally not signing it so that the good servers bin it and the poorly configured servers (who are easier marks) are the only ones who actually see it 🙃