As you can see from the screenshot below, the e-mail contained just one sentence: Immediately, many users shared the e-mail alongside their own theory regarding it on social media. Even famed director James Gunn had received the e-mail as well, he tweeted:
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) June 18, 2021 Many theorised that HBO might have deployed or tested something on a live system instead of containing it within a sandbox which is something that many system administrators, developers, engineers, and managers might deem as a big no-no. As for the official explanation, here’s what HBO Max had to say:
— HBOMaxHelp (@HBOMaxHelp) June 18, 2021 Yup, blame the intern, as always. Nevertheless, we are still curious on how large is this so-called mailing list and what exactly is this integration all about, especially relating to the fact that the e-mail address that we have here is not being used to sign up for HBO Max. Then again, it was indeed used for a standalone HBO Go account, although the account attached to this e-mail address no longer maintained an active subscription after we were done with Zack Synder’s Justice League. With HBO Max officially coming to Malaysia soon, we do wonder if the “integration tests” are related to the service’s market expansion on this side of the world.
