This is my first reply to a post on Steemit. I came across this post when I received my account approval email from Steemit and I was concerned that it was a phishing scam. It turned out that it was a legitimate email, but I would like to share my story.
I originally applied for my account on May 27th, 2018 and received a confirmation email from "[email protected]", but there was no "via sendgrid.net" in the header. Also, I use Protonmail and the server flagged the email as "This email has failed it's domain authentication requirements. It may be spoofed or improperly forwarded!". I went ahead and clicked the "https://signup.steemit.com/confirm-email" link which when you scrolled over it did show a "sendgrid.net" address. Everything went fine and I didn't really question it. When I received my account approval email on June 6th, 2018, the email was flagged in the same way by Protonmail and still did not have the "via sendgrid.net" in the header. I became concerned and went to the #help chatroom in Steem Chat to try and verify that the email was authentic before clicking on it. A moderator confirmed that it was a legitimate email and I was able to get my account approved and am now making my first reply.
Anyway, this long winded description is just to let people know that just because the email does not have the "via sendgrid.net" in the header, does not necessarily mean that it is a phishing email and not from Steemit. It is best to be safe and to take all precautions, but just be aware that it still might be a legitimate email and apparently Protonmail might flag it regardless. Thank you for reading.