On Friday 06 July 2001 13:20, Mercadante, Thomas F wrote:
> That only thing I don't like about it this - you can put *anything* in the
> "from" area of the email address. Like: from Bill-Bob Bush, White House
> USA. It seems wrong to me but, what the hey.
>
This isn't new. telnet to the smtp port of your
mailserver, and you can easily spoof mail.
anyone with a little knowledge will know to look
in the full header though to see where it really
came from.
Jared
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