Hmmm, my copy sure doesn't look like HTML format. I surrender.... P. Larry Nelson wrote on 7/24/18 1:44 PM: > 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=EYDBVOo8z2PATbw_pAw6GKNYkFSqZ79zzdFhPDE8sko&s=36AasAKnjw3JX0UK8z2_eOOgWRhxPGfavvUN_pCuhXY&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=EYDBVOo8z2PATbw_pAw6GKNYkFSqZ79zzdFhPDE8sko&s=36AasAKnjw3JX0UK8z2_eOOgWRhxPGfavvUN_pCuhXY&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=EYDBVOo8z2PATbw_pAw6GKNYkFSqZ79zzdFhPDE8sko&s=8P7D0JjiUCaWC6pRi-O7YHxf0ZnDitNCQLFRp9iRMbU&e= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Information without accountability is just noise." - P.L. Nelson
