I think you mean that they can easily forge the "e-mail" address, not the "IP" address. ;-)
Bill -----Original Message----- From: R. Scott Perry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 3:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] One User Account >It is clear that I do not understand. I can set up an entire ip address >with 100 virtual domains each with 500 users but I cannot just set up 1 >user???? I am confused how it would be easier for one spammer to find >and use one address instead of thousands. The IP address that you enter (with the ALLOWIP option) will allow that IP address to send unlimited E-mail. For example, if you have a webserver at 192.168.112.14 that sends a lot of E-mail, and you don't care how much it sends, you could use "ALLOWIP 192.168.112.14". A spammer will not be able to come from 192.168.112.14 (unless he breaks into the server, in which case you have a serious security problem, or he forges his IP, which is nearly impossible for a spammer to do). On the other hand, if you want [EMAIL PROTECTED] to send unlimited E-mail, that will also allow a spammer to send unlimited E-mail simply by placing "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" as the return address. The key is that the spammer won't forge the IP, but they can easily forge the IP address. -Scott --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- 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". You can E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. You can visit our web site at http://www.declude.com . --- [This e-mail was scanned for viruses by Pointshare's Virus Scanning Service] --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- 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". You can E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. You can visit our web site at http://www.declude.com .
