The writer channels their inner digital grump, delivering ✉️ spam nostalgia from the 'noughties' as if it's a fine wine 🍷. Clearly, they've mistaken their inbox for a time capsule 🕰️. Who knew that ranting about outdated email protocols could be this riveting! 🙄
https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/12/why-451-is-good-for-you-greylisting.html #digitalgrump #spamnostalgia #emailhumor #timecapsule #noughties #HackerNews #ngatedWhy 451 is Good for You - Greylisting Perspectives From the Early Noughties
© 2025 Peter N. M. Hansteen A software vendor was using SMTP spamware to send license keys customers had paid thousands for. A measured r...
Neils' master plan to outwit Microsoft users with a magical email header 🤔—because God forbid he receive positive reactions like 👍 or ❤️ in his inbox. Clearly, the real problem with emails is too much positivity, so let's fix that by playing a
#game of "spot the obscure header" instead. 🙄
https://neilzone.co.uk/2024/07/attempting-to-stop-microsoft-users-sending-reactions-to-email-from-me-by-adding-a-postfix-header/ #MicrosoftUsers #EmailHeader #ObscureHeaders #EmailHumor #HackerNews #ngated
Attempting to stop Microsoft users sending 'reactions' to email from me by adding a postfix header
Over the past few months, I’ve noticed that an increasing number of replies to email that I’ve sent are “reactions”.
🚨 BREAKING: Government employees are SHOCKED to discover their out-of-office replies turned into political propaganda! 😱 Apparently, blaming Democrats is the new "Sorry, I'm out of the office." 🏖️ Funny how even emails are now drafted in the House of Reps! 🤡
https://www.wired.com/story/government-workers-say-their-out-of-office-replies-were-forcibly-changed-to-blame-democrats-for-shutdown/ #GovernmentEmployees #OutOfOffice #PoliticalPropaganda #EmailHumor #BreakingNews #HackerNews #ngated
Government Workers Say Their Out-of-Office Replies Were Forcibly Changed to Blame Democrats for Shutdown
Some employees at the Department of Education changed their responses back to the more neutral language, only to have it changed yet again to the partisan response, multiple sources tell WIRED.
🎉 Breaking news: OpenAI's cutting-edge AI tech takes a whopping 48-day nap while a
#vulnerability goes unpatched! 🤖✉️ Clearly, the automated "thank you" email was so heartfelt that no human dared to follow up. 🙄 Maybe they were too busy crafting the next AI innovation that can ignore emails but with more flair! 📬💤
https://requilence.any.org/open-ai-vulnerability-responsible-disclosure #OpenAI #AItechnology #automation #emailhumor #48daynap #HackerNews #ngated
OpenAI – vulnerability responsible disclosure
What happened?
On 29 May 2025 I privately reported a vulnerability to the OpenAI disclosure mailbox using an encrypted email. The flaw allows peeking at chat responses intended to be sent to other users. This content may contain personal data, confidential business plans, or proprietary code. …
🚨 BREAKING: Internet discovers plain text emails! 🚨 Apparently, HTML emails are for peasants who enjoy formatting options and design. 🤣 Prepare to spend your weekend configuring your email client so you can join the elite and minimalist world of unreadable emails! 📧✨
https://useplaintext.email/ #plaintextemails #minimalistdesign #emailclient #hackernews #internettrends #emailhumor #HackerNews #ngated🤡 In a stunning
#partnership that nobody asked for,
#Porkbun and Proton Mail unite like peanut butter and... pork? 🍖🔒 Because nothing screams "state-of-the-art security" quite like a domain registrar named after a sandwich. 🥪✉️ Meanwhile, the internet collectively yawns and continues to not read their email. 📧😴
https://porkbun.com/products/proton_mail #ProtonMail #cybersecurity #internetnews #emailhumor #HackerNews #ngated
porkbun.com | Proton Mail
Proton Mail lets you create email addresses for your domain.
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