I mean, allowing arbitrary characters in the name is one thing. I think I would do that as well, as there are many weird names out there.
But then actually parsing it out (or not escaping it properly), that's the real sin.
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I mean, allowing arbitrary characters in the name is one thing. I think I would do that as well, as there are many weird names out there.
But then actually parsing it out (or not escaping it properly), that's the real sin.
Might be the mail client being helpful and going "hey! Thats a URL. Let me make it a link"
URLs as a person name
What do you mean?
Somebody created an account at MyEpson with OP's email address and the name "GET BITCOIN NOW link", which sends a confirmation email to OP with that name. Basically it's spam using Epson as a trojan horse to get past filters.