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Security flaw turns Gmail into open-relay server

(Posted on  Ars Technica  1 day ago)

A newfound flaw in Google's Gmail allows would-be spammers to treat the service as an open-relay server. Compounding the issue is the fact that services such as Hotmail and Yahoo "trust" Gmail. This may facilitate e-mail delivery, but it also makes i (visit source article)

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