Data Security
11.3. Showing the E-Mail Authenticity
For incoming email messages, the server checks whether the email actually originates from the provided sender address. The check is run to identify illegitimate email messages. The email authenticity check provides one of the following results:
The email is classified as potentially dangerous. In the detail view, the sender is displayed in red font colour.
The authenticity cannot definitely be verified. In the detail view, the sender is displayed in yellow font colour.
The verification was successful. In the detail view, the sender is displayed in green font colour.
The verification was successful. The email was sent from a trustworthy address.
Depending on the configuration, you can define the email messages for which the authenticity is displayed.
How to define the E-Mail messages for which the authenticity is displayed:
Click the icon on the right side of the menu bar. Click on .
In the side bar, click on .
Select an entry from the drop-down in the display area.
. No authenticity is displayed. If a hoster marks the E-Mail sent from the hoster's address as trustworthy though, this authenticity will be displayed.
. Displays the authenticity for the following E-Mail messages:
E-Mail messages that are classified as potentially dangerous.
E-Mail messages for which the authenticity could not definitely be verified
. Displays the authenticity for all E-Mail messages.
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