I frequently receive emails from Mozilla@e.mozilla.org, signed by Chris Bread and I do not trust these messages because your company has mozilla.org without e.
This is the text I received The new Firefox. Fast for good.
Today we’re thrilled to introduce you to our brand new browser — Firefox Quantum.
What you’ll notice first is that the new Firefox is blazing fast. In fact, you’ll enjoy speeds up to twice as fast as a year ago. It’s also more powerful. We’ve rebuilt Firefox from the ground up to focus on how you use the Web today to watch, listen, create and play without limits. We’re excited to deliver a browser that feels completely different — modern, quick and efficient. We think you’ll agree: It’s a quantum leap forward in how you’ll experience the internet.
When you use Firefox, you’re also contributing to a movement to ensure the internet remains a global public resource, open and accessible to all. As an independent, not-for-profit organization, we’ve been committed since 2003 to building products that put you in control of your online life and advancing open technology and public policy that promote a healthier internet. We put you at the center of everything we do.
On behalf of Mozilla's global community, we're proud to introduce you to the new Firefox. Fast for good.
Chris Beard CEO, Mozilla
P.S. If you have any questions, we're always here to help.
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Hi adzuiderent, when a person or company buys a domain name, they can create any subdomains they want. So for example, because I registered jeffersonscher.com I was able to create both:
and others I won't bore you with. But no one else can create subdomains under my domain.
Similarly, e.mozilla.org and support.mozilla.org and www.mozilla.org are controlled by the owner of mozilla.org (Mozilla).
But unfortunately, that is not the end of the story, because the sender name and address on an email message can be forged. This is how spammers send you junk mail that seems to originate from your own email address. They just send a message with fake information. So you should always be just a little bit skeptical of who email says it is from and judge by the content of the message whether it makes sense to be from that claimed source.
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Hi, did you sign up for the newsletter, or to be notified for Quantum? If so these messages are 100% real. If not, please put this email address in the spam folder - and blacklist it.
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In addition to the above (just to set your mind at ease), please take a look at the Chosen Solution in this thread :
Taking the questions in consideration, one could either explain why the letter e is in front of mozilla.org, or leave out the letter e. and avoid any similar questions in the future.
adzuiderent said
Taking the questions in consideration, one could either explain why the letter e is in front of mozilla.org, or leave out the letter e. and avoid any similar questions in the future.
Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it, as we are volunteer contributors, users just like you, trying to help other users in our spare time. However, you could submit your suggestion here :
adzuiderent said
Taking the questions in consideration, one could either explain why the letter e is in front of mozilla.org, or leave out the letter e. and avoid any similar questions in the future.
The *@mozilla.org emails is normally given to Mozilla staff or those who works or contributes for Mozilla. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/leadership/, https://www-archive.mozilla.org/about/staff.html, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/governance/roles/, https://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2005/02/24/email-addresses-mozillaorg-and-the-mozilla-foundation/
Anything *.mozilla.org is genuine as only Mozilla has control of mozilla.org as you can see a example list at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Over_100_domains
The Mozilla@e.mozilla.org is used for say https://wiki.mozilla.org/Newsletters from Mozilla. Maybe you signed up on a page like https://www.mozilla.org/newsletter/ or https://www.mozilla.org/contribute/friends/ or https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/newslet.../firefox/. Or for example if you applied for something like in https://asadotzler.com/2014/04/01/tablet-contribution-program-applicat...
Some of these emails can mention articles on https://blog.mozilla.org/
It is interesting that so many people can think a email from *.mozilla.org can be fake as you are certainly not the first I have seen to ask about the @e.mozilla.org
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Hi adzuiderent, when a person or company buys a domain name, they can create any subdomains they want. So for example, because I registered jeffersonscher.com I was able to create both:
and others I won't bore you with. But no one else can create subdomains under my domain.
Similarly, e.mozilla.org and support.mozilla.org and www.mozilla.org are controlled by the owner of mozilla.org (Mozilla).
But unfortunately, that is not the end of the story, because the sender name and address on an email message can be forged. This is how spammers send you junk mail that seems to originate from your own email address. They just send a message with fake information. So you should always be just a little bit skeptical of who email says it is from and judge by the content of the message whether it makes sense to be from that claimed source.