Schlagwort: ‘Umleitung’
Mail Security – How to Configure Forwarding Correctly
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In this article in our mail security series, we will show you how to configure the forwarding of incoming mails. In our previous articles, we have informed you about the problems involved in sending mails, possible security vulnerabilities and security mechanisms that have already been implemented and explained why redirects are bad. This article is about setting up forwarding in the RWTH Mail App, also known as “OWA” (Outlook Web App).
E-Mail Security – Why Are Redirections Bad?
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The third part of our series of articles on e-mail security deals with the identification protocol DKIM and the standard method for e-mail authentication DMARC.
In our first article and second article on the topic of e-mail security, we informed you about the origins of e-mail and the current statistics in mail traffic at RWTH. In addition, we explained what the SMTP protocol is and what problems it can cause.
E-Mail Security – The SMTP Protocol and Its Problems (Sending and Receiving)
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In our first article on the topic of e-mail security, we gave an insight into the historical development of e-mail. We briefly explained how e-mail exchange works and referred to the statistics of the e-mail service at RWTH Aachen University.
Today we’ll tell you about the transmission protocol “Simple Mail Transfer Protocol” (SMTP) and its pitfalls.
E-Mail Security – E-Mail & Mail Statistics at RWTH
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About 50 years ago, the first e-mail was sent – albeit between two computer systems that were part of the same local network. In the 1980s, the internet was opened up to a larger circle of users and e-mail was given its own transmission protocol “Simple Mail Transfer Protocol” (SMTP).
Even today, the exchange of messages via e-mail is undoubtedly an important way of exchanging information between parties via an asynchronous communication channel.
