No. Just means that if a user (or admin) sends an email to
a bare [EMAIL PROTECTED]'ll convert when it gets
to the MAIL FROM:<userid@[123.123.123.123]> on the _deliver_
end only. Relay-for-IP is still done by actually checking the
senders IP.
Bob
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Mike Nice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 99 18:50:58 -0400
>-SNIP-<
>>>- SMTP32
>>> - Changed the remote deliver routine to check for bare IP
>>> addresses in the From line. If they are there they will
>>> be converted to [IP] in the MAIL FROM: line of the SMTP
>>> conversation.
>
> SECURITY QUESTION: Does this mean that the real IP would not be
>recorded for that case? If so, the HELO could claim to be any IP they
>want to be. And there goes the comfort of knowing the REAL IP address
>without having to slog through megabytes of SMTP logs. Users rely on the
>real IP for spam reporting.
>-SNIP-<
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