It might be worth investigating SPam assassin for this, there is a
spam assassin mailet somewhere, perhaps someone on this list can
remind us where to get it from.

On 20/04/06, BJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> here is the scenario
> the server query who is sending.
> the sender can put any email address in there.
>
> To stop this a mailet needs to check that the IP address in the header
> matches the domain of the email address, and Vpf record in the dns
> server for the domain.
> it should also store the IP address as a spam address.
>
>
> finally, for the forged domains,
> the mailet looks up arin.net for the abuse address of the IP, then sends
> a email with something like:
>
> The sender of the email below, has spoofed the Domain name.
> they have no authorization to use businessesnetwork.com
> All businessesnetwork.com mail originates from xx.xx.xx.*, not
> 71.241.65.96 (then ip in the email header)
>
> then included the email and header.
>
>
> I have been slowly working on the mailet(s) to accomplish this.
>
>
> as far a processing the mailets are executed sequentially.
> if a mailet fails it can be configured to stop the sequencing.
>
>
> andy sent the following on 4/19/06 7:02 AM:
> > Please can somebody help
> >
> > I sent a message a few days ago and am still confused,
> >
> > Basically the problem seems to be that [EMAIL PROTECTED] sends a message to
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] forging it as if it were from [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > I dont really understand the processing pipeline and maillets.
> >
> > Please can somebody tell me how to stop this happening.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Andy Bailey
> >
> > www.hazlorealidad.com
> >
> > --------- Mensaje reenviado --------
> >
> >>Asunto: RE: How to reject hoax messages
> >>Fecha: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:37:13 -0500
> >>Noel,
> >>
> >>Thanks for the quick response, but I am still confused.
> >>
> >>I understand that if there was a virus attached ClamAv would help,
> >>
> >>But there must be a way to filter out messages that claim to be sent
> >>from an address that they are not from.
> >>
> >>
> >>Unfortunately I dont have the mail headers
> >>but what happens is that <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is sending mail from
> >>[218.188.19.28]) which is not the local ip and sends the message as if
> >>it were from [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>
> >>There has to be a way of blocking this.
> >>
> >>You say its to do with authentication
> >>
> >>In my configuration I have
> >>
> >>    <authRequired>true</authRequired>
> >>    <authorizedAddresses>127.0.0.0/8</authorizedAddresses>
> >>
> >>Do the logs show if he authenticated, I dont understand other users I
> >>have, have to authenticate themselves to send a message, and I hope I
> >>have james configured to not be a relay.
> >>
> >>Obviously if a mail server sends mail to my domain the server will
> >>accept it without requiring authorization, the point is how are they
> >>able to send it as if its from the local domain.
> >>
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>
> >>Andy Bailey
> >>
> >>
> >>11/04/06 12:24:53 DEBUG smtpserver: Command received: HELO RSTN-SERVER
> >>11/04/06 12:24:53 DEBUG smtpserver: Sent: 250-hazlo.hazlorealidad.com
> >>Hello RSTN-SERVER (218.188.19.28 [218.188.19.28])
> >>11/04/06 12:24:53 DEBUG smtpserver: Sent: 250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN
> >>11/04/06 12:24:53 DEBUG smtpserver: Sent: 250 AUTH=LOGIN PLAIN
> >>11/04/06 12:24:53 DEBUG smtpserver: Calling reset() default Worker #12
> >>11/04/06 12:24:55 DEBUG smtpserver: Command received: MAIL FROM:
> >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>El jue, 13-04-2006 a las 18:09 -0400, Noel J. Bergman escribió:
> >>
> >>>>a spammer/virus each message has a virus attached.
> >>>
> >>>I run ClamAV, which would filter those out.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>What can I do to reject messages that appear to be from an
> >>>>account that they are not from.
> >>>
> >>>SPF would be one approach, but we don't have SPF support, yet.  Another
> >>>would be to require SMTP AUTH for local senders, or known subnets.
> >>>
> >>>     --- Noel
> >>>
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