Re: Fw: Administrivia: ORBS

["Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc () iMach com>]

On 17 Jan 2000, Michael Shields wrote:
> I don't understand why you ca'n't allow relaying only for people with
> an envelope sender that has one of your customer's domains.

Sometime try this:  (Status codes not necessarily correct)

shell> telnet mailserver.yourdomain.com
220 Mail Server Ready  ESMTP
HELO iMach.com
250 Pleased to meet you, iMach.com
MAIL FROM: <spammer () yourdomain com>
250 ok
RCPT TO: <recipient () of spam com>
250 ok
DATA
250 Send Data one line at a time followed by a .
to: make.money.fast () wherever com
from: make.money.fast () yourdomain com
subject:  Make money fast, you looser.

You can now make money faster than ever before just send us a bazillion
dollars first.
.
250 Message accepted for delivery
QUIT
250 Goodbye

Or, in other words, you can put ANYTHING YOU WANT in the sender envelope.
That is what is on the mail-from line.

- Forrest W. Christian (forrestc () imach com) KD7EHZ
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