Confused about email.

#1 - Oct. 24, 2012, 7:47 a.m.
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I just find this confusing.
There are so many illicit emails. And I as a receiver of them should be vary of them and not open every email. And I have a few emails claiming to be from NCSoft but are not delivered through NCSoft.

Are these emails “legit”?
If they are, why not send them from NCSoft directly?

#3 - Oct. 24, 2012, 10:09 a.m.
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Hey there. No cause for alarm — we do use Bluehornet to send our larger mailings.

I appreciate your caution, though, and encourage you to always check emails carefully, especially anything that has a live link. You should mouse-over the link and view it before you click, or if it’s a fully-written link, you can left-0clic, copy, right-click and insert it into your browser and go to the linked page, instead of simply clicking (because what its revealed on the page may not show the actual go-to link).

The above may seem a tad overly cautious, but since the suggestion was told me by one of the ArenaNet founders (who knows a ton about security), I think it’s great advice.