Maybe those companies only use external hosted pop3/imap accounts (granted that is unlikely).
I assume from the article is more about a company emailing another company. I own a .org.uk domain in the UK, and I quite often get emails (which is meant for the .org). I have even had invoices, emails from their accounts department, etc landing in my personal email. More recently I had a batch of CVs for people apply for job applications as a secretary - either they misread the advert or just automatically typed in the .uk without thinking about it - as the .org is a UK based company). From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 09 September 2011 15:31 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: External subdomains considered dangerous? Why are internal email addresses being typed in manually? ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: 20gb of email in six months, and it includes full router configs with passwords, too. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/09/doppelganger-domains/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. QinetiQ may monitor email traffic data and also the content of email for the purposes of security. QinetiQ Limited (Registered in England & Wales: Company Number: 3796233) Registered office: Cody Technology Park, Ively Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 0LX http://www.qinetiq.com. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
