hi, Thanks for the advice...
Can u just tell me how do I block in bound mails.. our users are not getting any junk mails... somebody is using my server for sending some junk mail to hotmail,yahooo..etc... pls help me to stop this... regards manu On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote : >+++ Chandrakumar Kumar [linux-india] <15/08/02 23:55 -0400>: > > Do you know it is possible to send email just by forging send >emails with > > different from and to addresses? > >Well, you can say that I'm sort of aware of what you are saying, >considering >I'm a sysadmin and postmaster at an ISP with ~ 30 million webmail >users, and >see this sort of thing like just about every other minute. > > > Sorry if that mail domain exists it is not my fault. this is >your email > > modified to show it as an example. > > My point is forging is the one done by most spammers. > >Yes. It is done by most spammers. But if someone is relaying >through his >box, or somehow or the other injecting spam through his box, the >way to go is >to fix the security hole in his machine, not paper it over by >installing >spamassasin. > >As far as I can see, he is saying he is seeing spam sent through >his server, >outbound. Maybe I just didn't understand his english ... but >this is what I >understood from what he said. > >Now, if he wanted to implement something to catch spam *inbound* >to his >users... ok, spamassasin is a definite possiblity. Outbound spam >is a >totally different story. > > -srs > >-- >Suresh Ramasubramanian <----> mallet <at> efn dot org >EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin >[Linux One Stanza Tip] From : ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >LOST #086 -**< Sub : HTML Mails :( >**- >Using plain text mails is a better idea. Especially on mailing >lists. These are readable by all, whereas HTML mail may not .. >Besides, they are smaller in size (bandwidth), with less risk >of script nuisance. > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same >old >cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! >https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 >_______________________________________________ >linux-india-help mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
