[77759] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason Frisvold)
Thu Feb 3 20:38:02 2005
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 20:37:29 -0500
From: Jason Frisvold <xenophage0@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Jason Frisvold <xenophage0@gmail.com>
To: Adi Linden <adil@adis.on.ca>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.CYG.4.58.0502031732150.1764@citabria>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 17:36:31 -0600, Adi Linden <adil@adis.on.ca> wrote:
>
> How about using SMTP AUTH and verifying the envelope MAIL FROM to match
> the actual user authenticating? This will make SPAM traceable and
> hopefully ultimately users aware that their PC is sending junk.
Ouch .. Then spammers may start using a From: matching the SMTP auth
user, and effectively joe-jobbing the user.. Ick..
> Adi
>
>
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Jason 'XenoPhage' Frisvold
XenoPhage0@gmail.com
