Microsoft Phishing Filter Error

Posted by Matt V - @emailkarma | Jan 17, 2008 | 0

Return Path is reporting on the following error made by Microsofts anti-phishing filters:

On Monday some messages sent to Hotmail users were being routed to the junk folder with the Warning: this message may be a phishing scam. The reported error resides with the Microsoft phishing filter that had flagged a very common link in many HTML messages, specifically the link http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml.

The Microsoft team has adjusted the phishing filters and assures senders that the issue has now been resolved and that no actions need to taken.

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Matt V - @emailkarma

Matthew Vernhout is a digital messaging industry veteran and Certified International Privacy Professional (Canada) (CIPP/C) with nearly two decades of experience in email marketing. Matthew is a trusted industry expert, recognized as the 2019 EEC thought-leader of the year, and speaks frequently at email marketing and technology conferences around the globe.