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Re: Spam Control Considered Harmful


From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry () piermont com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 16:22:11 -0500


Phil Lawlor writes:
At 02:34 PM 10/28/97 -0500, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
Properly configured sendmail's do this, mostly.
                                              ^^^^^^
I am not a sendmail expert, but I am told that it is in the forgery area
that it could be improved.

SMTP in general has no mechanism whatsoever to prevent forgeries.

.pm


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