Thanks Len but the Address is existing... It is simply an address not hosted
on this specific host. But if SAV checks the address, It will "find" it and
I do receive delivery errors on it. But again thanks to all of you for your
information.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Len Conrad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] A security question


>
> >By doing so I effectively do not need anymore to be concerned about the
> >FROM address in these forms...
>
> Yes, you do.  Having your MTA trust an IP for unauthenticated relaying is
> totally different from assuring your MTA, having accepted the msg, can
> deliver the message.
>
> Many MXs are running SAV, sender address verification, so web apps that
> send send msgs with non-existent senders will be rejected by SAV MXs.
>
> The other aspect of using deliverable envelope sender is that when a msg
> can't be delivered, it's usually useful for the envelope sender to be
> informed of the non-delivery.
>
> I've seen plenty of "form hosting applications" that use bogus senders
that
> fail to deliver but the hosted customer is not informed of the delivery
> failures.   And hosting companies charge for such silliness.
>
> Len
>
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