IMail will do this but what is to stop someone from forging the from field? With no mail relay or relay for addresses IMail will not only need a valid user but their password as well...Much better solution if you ask me
Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Landry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 12:18 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Bogus email from local domain > Ah, now I understand. That could be a nice feature, since you are correct, > IMail should know whether the account exists or not. A simple check of the > "From" address (if it shows a local domain) would be all that it would take, > and then a simple reject if the account does not exist as a user or alias. > > Bill > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kami Razvan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 7:58 AM > Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Bogus email from local domain > > > :) > > We do not have nobody. > > Let me explain again since there is a misunderstanding here. > > If I send you an email and make my outlook Reply address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > domain.com you will get the email. Right? > > I can change my email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Naturally that email does not exist. > > All I say is Imail should know its own database and this query should be > much faster than doing the IP4R tests. So before it does anything - if it > receives an email from a domain that is local to it - IMail has to make sure > that email exists. Otherwise reject the email. > > - in Imail list I was suggesting Imail to reject it.. > > In Declude we can simply have a test that can say this FROM address is > invalid as a local domain. So someone can not have: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] in their from address and send me > email. > > Regards, > Kami > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Landry > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 9:55 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Bogus email from local domain > > > Kami, if you remove the "nobody" alias from your hosted domains, then IMail > will simply refuse to accept delivery for non-existent users with a "550 no > such user" and neither IMail nor Declude will have to do any processing for > these messages. > > Bill > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kami Razvan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 5:30 AM > Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] Bogus email from local domain > > > Hi; > > I just posted a message in the IMail list regarding this.. > > Can a test be defined so emails from local domains that do not exist are > identified. > > E.g.: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This user does not exist. If Declude could have a test - InvalidLocalUser - > then we can simply add a large enough weight or hopefully later on when such > feature is available stop processing the email from this user and simply > delete it. > > When you receive about 20 of these emails to different people one can > imagine all the useless cpu required to process what could have simply been > deleted. > > Regards, > Kami > > --- > [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". The archives can be found at > http://www.mail-archive.com. > > --- > [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". The archives can be found at > http://www.mail-archive.com. > > --- > [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". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > > > 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/ > 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/
