Correction to my own post: The Forum member who first posted about this topic was Geof Tillotso, not Mahmut Esenler. Sorry about this Mahmut.
Guy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Guy Isabel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 20:03 Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] OT: IP address appears in header with sender info > Sorry, but I don't think so. The consequence is not limited to "them", as I > see it. Any "inside" user receiving NATed e-mail could look at the mail > headers and conclude that my IP address is that of the originating server > and use it to send me e-mail. And my address *is* routable. > > Once again, the purpose and intent of RFC 1918 is to regulate the range of > private IP addresses behind a firewall/router. Going back to the original > poster (Mahmut Esenler), his NATed internal IP was said to be 192.168.1.63 > which is within the private ranges defined by RFC 1918. My answer as to why > he would want to hide it from the headers -- a point that you also > addressed -- mentioned that no one could trace 192.168.1.63 to any server, > by definition. > > Guy > -- > Guy Isabel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
