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Re: Time to check the rate limits on your mail servers

  • From: Jason Frisvold
  • Date: Thu Feb 03 20:38:36 2005
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On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 17:36:31 -0600, Adi Linden <[email protected]> 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
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