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posted by cmn32480 on Friday August 12 2016, @10:57PM   Printer-friendly
from the fix-your-mail-server dept.

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

Google announced back in February 2016 that it planned to improve Gmail security by adding new security indicators to the service.

One of the improvements was the introduction of a new red question mark icon in place of the profile photo, avatar or blank icon to highlight unauthenticated emails.

Google announced yesterday that the roll out of the feature started, and that Gmail users on the web and on Android will soon notice the new red question mark icon for unauthenticated messages.

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Google's method for determining the authenticity of a message is the following one: if a message can't be authenticated using DKIM or Sender Policy Framework (SPF), it is marked as unauthenticated.

Gmail, on the web, displays profile icons only when an email is selected, but not in the email listing itself. This means that you will have to click on a message to find out if it is authenticated or not.

Source: http://www.ghacks.net/2016/08/11/gmail-question-marks-unauthenticated-senders/


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  • (Score: 2) by NCommander on Friday August 12 2016, @11:53PM

    by NCommander (2) Subscriber Badge <michael@casadevall.pro> on Friday August 12 2016, @11:53PM (#387260) Homepage Journal

    Gmail automatically ties email addresses to G+ profiles and loads them on the fly. It can also show pictures from your address book.

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