Hi, Just ask them "What is preventing you neighbour to drop a letter in the mailbox (as in a city mailbox on the corner of the streest where hundres of people drop mail in) with *your* address as the sender address?" When the mailman opens the box it cannot be know who dropped what in the box and whether the information on the envelope is correct.
Groetjes, Bonno Bloksma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Geiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Declude.JunkMail@declude.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 4:57 PM Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] Layman's Explanation of E-Mail Spoofing > Hello, All, > I'm having a hard time explaining to some of our customers why there is > nothing that we can do to stop some unscrupulous spammer or anti-virus > author from using their e-mail address and spoofing messages to look like > they are sent "from" them. > > It seems that no matter how many times I explain it they just don't get it. > > Does anyone know of a good reputable source on the Internet which explains > how e-mail addresses are spoofed which I can point them to? If it was in > layman's terms all the better but I think just showing them an outside > resource might be good enough as they seem to think we should be able to > control it and are shirking our duties. > > Thanks, > Dan Geiser > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > E-mail scanned for viruses by Nexus (http://www.ntgrp.com/mailscan) > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > --- > [E-mail scanned at tio.nl for viruses by Declude Virus] > > --- [E-mail scanned at tio.nl for viruses by Declude Virus] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
