Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Question of the Day #429

"This involves the distribution of a harmless email spoof to employees, usually engineered by IT within the organization."
From the third paragraph of this article at TechTarget.com.

上記の文で、email spoofの意味は?
In the sentence above, what does "email spoof" mean?

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解答

意味:
英辞郎には、email spoofは掲載されていませんが、同じ意味のspoofed emailは下記のような訳になります、

なりすましメール
Email spoofやspoofed emailの他に、email spoofingとも言います。

Answer

According to PC Magazine Enyclopedia:
email spoofing
The unauthorized use of a third-party domain name as the sender's name in an email message. Most often used by spammers, spoofing the name of a popular retailer or organization entices the recipient to read the full message.

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