> On Oct 10, 2025, at 2:50 AM, Tim Bray via mailop <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been wondering about how email clients could change to make phishing > less effective. > > > 1) Display the email address not the name in your email folders > > From: DVLA Services <[email protected]> > becomes > From: [email protected] > > So, on a normal day, you would get used to seeing emails from > `[email protected]` rather than `Tim Bray`
We have been banging this drum to the average user for years, including with an illustration of how Medidata was spoofed out of over $4million with a simple email spoofing the CEO. Feel free to crib from this if you need to put up something forward facing for the public: https://www.theinternetpatrol.com/warning-having-email-display-senders-contact-image-and-info-helps-scammers-get-in-through-the-cracks/ Anne -- Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. Email Law & Policy Attorney, Legislative Advisor Author: Section 6 of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (the Federal email marketing law) CEO Institute for Social Internet Public Policy Board of Directors, Denver Internet Exchange Dean Emeritus, Cyberlaw & Cybersecurity, Lincoln Law School Prof. Emeritus, Lincoln Law School Counsel Emeritus, eMail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS) _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list [email protected] https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
