Re: Good reason not to obfuscate URLs (was: Fishing from PyPI ?)

2018-08-14 Thread Ian Kelly
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 1:41 PM Peter J. Holzer wrote: > > On 2018-08-08 05:18:21 +, Gilmeh Serda wrote: > > And if you read email in blasted HTML, chances are they also have an > > image that they serve to you on their "beautiful" page you receive, an > > image whose link which may or may not

Re: Good reason not to obfuscate URLs (was: Fishing from PyPI ?)

2018-08-14 Thread Peter J. Holzer
On 2018-08-08 05:18:21 +, Gilmeh Serda wrote: > And if you read email in blasted HTML, chances are they also have an > image that they serve to you on their "beautiful" page you receive, an > image whose link which may or may not be equally personalized, and more > often than not has its ori

Re: Fishing from PyPI ?

2018-08-07 Thread Chris Warrick
On Tue, 7 Aug 2018 at 00:52, Gregory Ewing wrote: > > Chris Warrick wrote: > > The unusual domain is a common staple of Mailchimp, which is an e-mail > > newsletter platform (it was used to mail out the announcement), and > > they replace all links with tracking ones in their list-manage.com > > d

Good reason not to obfuscate URLs (was: Fishing from PyPI ?)

2018-08-06 Thread Ben Finney
Vincent Vande Vyvre writes: >To verify, visit your Account Settings > information …]> >page. > > - > > The Account Settings >

Re: Fishing from PyPI ?

2018-08-06 Thread Gregory Ewing
Chris Warrick wrote: The unusual domain is a common staple of Mailchimp, which is an e-mail newsletter platform (it was used to mail out the announcement), and they replace all links with tracking ones in their list-manage.com domain. Sounds like you need to find a mail service that doesn't scr

Re: Fishing from PyPI ?

2018-08-06 Thread Chris Warrick
On Mon, 6 Aug 2018 at 19:31, MRAB wrote: > > https://pypi.us18.list-manage.com/track/[snip] > If you want to be sure, ignore the links in the email, and check PyPI at > the URL that you know is correct. > > Given that the email says "https://pypi.us18.list-manage.com"; and PyPI > is at "https://py

Re: Fishing from PyPI ?

2018-08-06 Thread MRAB
On 2018-08-03 22:43, Vincent Vande Vyvre wrote: I've received a mail askink me to confirm my identity on PyPI. The begining of the message: - Your account VinsS on PyPI

Re: Fishing from PyPI ?

2018-08-06 Thread Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
me too received it but what makes you suspect? Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer https://github.com/Abdur-rahmaanJ Mauritius On Mon, 6 Aug 2018, 20:35 Vincent Vande Vyvre, < vincent.vande.vy...@telenet.be> wrote: > I've received a mail askink me to confirm my identity on PyPI. > > The begining of the mes

Fishing from PyPI ?

2018-08-06 Thread Vincent Vande Vyvre
I've received a mail askink me to confirm my identity on PyPI. The begining of the message: - Your account VinsS on PyPI does not have a verified primary