Re:Gmail, Yahoo announce new 2024 authentication requirement...
by justoreply on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @04:04AM
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maybe to confirm that the email is valid?
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Re:Gmail, Yahoo announce new 2024 authentication requirement...
by geek_at on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @04:54AM
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Correct! With schools and students there is always incentive for shenanigans. If I didn't test for emails they could just book-block all teachers.
There would be other ways to clog the system using trashmail providers but thankfully no student cared enough for that yet