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Ask HN: Why are most web services spoofing the "From" header?

3 pointsby boronineover 1 year ago
Some examples:<p><pre><code> &quot;&#x27;Amazon Web Services&#x27; via Redacted - Admin&quot; &lt;admin@redacted.com&gt; &#x27;Mezmo, Inc.&#x27; via Redacted Inc. - Admin &lt;admin@redacted.com&gt; &#x27;service@intl.paypal.com&#x27; via Redacted - Admin &lt;admin@redacted.com&gt; noreply-spamdigest via Redacted - Support &lt;support@redacted.com&gt; &#x27;Shopify Partners&#x27; via Redacted Inc. - Admin &lt;admin@redacted.com&gt; </code></pre> It seems that most services are doing this. Some notable exceptions:<p><pre><code> Heroku Billing Team &lt;team.notifications@herokumanager.com&gt; Wise &lt;info@wise.com&gt; </code></pre> What on earth could be the justification for this practice? How is this not considered spoofing?

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