Another insteresting discovery, this time emails

[Dorwyn]

Of course many people know this, but I've been using emails for decades and didn't realise this, that if you hover over the apparent email address of a sender in Outlook and similar, you get the true address of the sender if is a scam email address that has been doctored. So an apparent HMRC email showed paddyodonahue@ whatever. Not being racist, it just happened to be the case. I did wonder whether to reply to that address to remonstrate, then decided to block it.

 

[tonyidle]

The same applies to links sent within emails. the link might reference a legit business but hovering over it shows where it's really going to lead you.

 

[Janine]

I do miss having that facility on iphone and tablet

 

[Tombola]

email showed paddyodonahue@ whatever. Not being racist

isnt it sad how you feel you have to type this

 

[Dorwyn]

isnt it sad how you feel you have to type this

That's life. There are so many people around ready to find fault. It's getting worse, I think.

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[Dorwyn]

How come the flag on my avatar has become Romanian? Alright, who did it?

 

[Dorwyn]

Of course many people know this, but I've been using emails for decades and didn't realise this, that if you hover over the apparent email address of a sender in Outlook and similar, you get the true address of the sender if is a scam email address that has been doctored. So an apparent HMRC email showed paddyodonahue@ whatever. Not being racist, it just happened to be the case. I did wonder whether to reply to that address to remonstrate, then decided to block it.

Actually I probably did know it. Just didn't put 2 and 2 so you could block it.

 

[kevenh]

I do miss having that facility on iphone and tablet

It looks easy enough to get the same info. Unless I’ve misunderstood
On iPad, I’ve got some suspect email senders.
Tap finger on their name

Then I get.

 

[kevenh]

I do miss having that facility on iphone and tablet

There are two parts to what you miss.
I only remembered the email addy
Now I’ve recalled that we can’t hover over suspicious links.
Solved
touch and hold on the link.
An example.
I doubt I’ve won a new iPhone

So touch and hold the image/url for

 

[Littlewheels]

paddyodonahue

Wasn’t he one of them pulling,tugging,dragging that bloody Donkey

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[Dorwyn]

Don't know, I decided I wanted nothing to do with him.