This is hardly a hole. You can't block relaying solely on the FROM header.
It's so easily forged as to be laughable. What if a spammer puts
'[EMAIL PROTECTED]' in the FROM field of all the mail he relays through
your email server? That's OK?
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Pierce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 2:14 PM
Subject: RE: Mail Servers
> Vopmail still has a problem with from lines of just a name and no domain.
> Vopmail assumes the sender must be from the default domain and the server
> and then will let it relay. That is a definite no-no. Thus it is very hard
> to get VOPMail off the spam block lists.
>
> Vircom has been aware of the problem for some time, yet they have been
> unwilling to do anything about it. I too have strongly recommended
Vircom's
> VOPMail in the past. But this recent discovery of a spam hole and lack of
a
> fix from Vircom over a known spam hole makes me question my past
> recommendations.
>
> - Steve
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 2:10 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: Mail Servers
>
>
> > Having problems with SMTP and hops.
> > What mail server(s) does anyone recommend to work well with CF 4.5.
> >
> > Thanks for your time.
>
> I prefer VOPMail from Vircom myself. It handles just about whatever you
can
> throw at it very well, and has full database integration built in so you
can
> manage all your mailboxes via ODBC if you want.
>
> _______________________________________
>
> Justin Scott :: [Staff Developer]
> http://www.annex.com
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