JMH,
Nothing 'curious' about this! IMail (or any email server) does not construct
the email message (the email client does) and that means it does not make
any modifications to the email (except the reverse path in the header, per
RFC) message.
With any email client, I can make my return address anything I want! Of
course, to post to this list it must match the address I used to subscribe,
so I cannot show you.
I'm not sure why you think this is a security risk. 'Intranet' is not an
uncommon term and I'm sure it is not a valid domain or hostname (it is
incomplete!), so the mail is unlikely to be directed to the wrong user or
host. Any email with that as a return address, just would still reach its
destination but any replies would bounce back to the sender (replier). BTW,
not much about email is 'secure' unless you use encryption, like PGP. And
that would have no effect on the header info (where the address info is
stored) or the email could not be sent.
Daniel Donnelly
________________________________________________________
> What is curious is that Imail didn't try to change this in anyway, it is
> actually something of a security risk as the actual email address of the
> sender was masked.
>
> Thanks again
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: R. Scott Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 2:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] From address appears incorrectly
>
>
> > > How can we change it so that addresses appear as [EMAIL PROTECTED]
instead
> > > of users@Intranet?
> >
> > Well, this question can most easily be answered by asking another
> question:
> > Where do you enter "Intranet" in the IMail settings?
> >
> > I'm guessing that the server is named "Intranet", and that when you
> > installed IMail, you used that as the Official Host Name of the server.
> The
> > Official Host Name is supposed to be an actual domain name, and is the
one
> > that will appear on outgoing E-mail sent through web messaging.
> >
> > You can change this by going to the General tab of the IMail
> Administrator,
> > and changing the "Host Name" option from "Intranet" (if I'm right that
> that
> > is what already is there) to "ssfc.ac.uk".
> > -Scott
> >
>
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