Same test only now I've composed in HTML format. Same URL: (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.google.com_&d=DwIDaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=sVkiPzVJL_iMgLLvSTjn_PVonwnx8h1jT871yRet-T4&s=TZGZbRrxKyrMRUQCxm4kUvNcS7tHO8hynCK27Kro7ig&e=) P. Larry Nelson wrote on 7/24/18 1:40 PM: > I concur with the previous posts about ProofPoint. > The U of I campus implemented this several years ago. > I complained. Fell on deaf ears. > > Implemented by our security folks. Rationale being that 99% of the campus > email users (i.e., using the campus Exchange server) are either too lazy > and/or too unaware of the dangers of blindly clicking on a URL in their emails. > > However, U of I email with a URL in the message body shows the real URL (in > blue and underlined - unless the URL is hidden via the html "<a href=" > construct), but when you move the mouse pointer over the URL, (at least in > Thunderbird) the bottom horizontal box of T-bird (I'm sure it has a more > official name) then shows the long obfuscated urldefense URL. > > So, in our case, one can just copy/paste the URL in the message body to a > browser and NOT go thru ProofPoint. > > The other aspect of the U of I's ProofPoint config is that it only affects > email composed in HTML format, and since I generally loathe doing that unless > absolutely necessary, I almost always compose in ASCII mode. > > So, I suppose this might be a test of how Fermilab has implemented ProofPoint > as I will now include a rather well known URL here (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.google.com_&d=DwIDaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=sVkiPzVJL_iMgLLvSTjn_PVonwnx8h1jT871yRet-T4&s=TZGZbRrxKyrMRUQCxm4kUvNcS7tHO8hynCK27Kro7ig&e=) > and see how it arrives in your inbox. > > :-) > -- P. Larry Nelson (217-693-7418) | IT Administrator Emeritus 810 Ventura Rd. | High Energy Physics Group Champaign, IL 61820 | Physics Dept., Univ. of Ill. MailTo: [log in to unmask] | https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__hep.physics.illinois.edu_home_lnelson_&d=DwIDaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=sVkiPzVJL_iMgLLvSTjn_PVonwnx8h1jT871yRet-T4&s=rK67tnoRg-LrGgKZGxwX7Y3ysQghBlXmTJkqZTTyxC8&e= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Information without accountability is just noise." - P.L. Nelson
