Hello Greg, GS> Define valid account please! By Global Folder do you mean common GS> folder or has Ritlabs changed the terminology here?
A valid account, as far as I am concerned here, is an account that has been defined in TB!, and on which one can send and receive e-mails. A valid account is composed of an e-mail user name (and, perhaps, more than one) and one or more e-mail servers which are used to send or receive e-mails. and yes, Common Folder. I stand corrected. :1,$s/Global/Common/g GS> What is a fake 'From' field? First of all -- TB! is a client e-mail programme. This means that it is used to reach an e-mail server (perhaps more than one) and collect or send e-mails. TB! is not an e-mail server. For any e-mail client to be used one has to configure it with valid e-mail account names, servers, etc. An fake 'From:' field is, then, when the 'From:' (or 'Reply-To') is filled with an e-mail address that does not correspond to the e-mail account name (perhaps more than one). GS> If one defines 'fake' in a broad sense, then one could say that my ISP GS> should NOT accept my outbound email using a 'From' header of my own GS> domain the does NOT correspond with [EMAIL PROTECTED] configuration. This could also be discussed -- if an ISP should, or should not, accept incorrectly-coded (as defined for the specific account in use) e-mail addresses. But I am not discussing the ISP, here -- my problem is with the client. GS> If this is what you mean, then I totally disagree. Why? Because I use GS> authentication to access my ISP's SMTP mail server. What this provides GS> is the ability to use the same email address without regard to what GS> ISP I use. I wouldn't be able to do this without an email client like GS> TB unless I ran my own mail server. If I ran my own mail server I GS> would have to have an ISP that does NOT restrict port 25 or prohibit GS> such applications in their TOS unless I purchase a much more expensive GS> business account. Authentication has nothing to do with this issue. Authentication is an issue between you and your ISP. I also use authentication on *ALL* of my e-mail accounts. I also use encryption when I connect to my ISP to send/receive e-mails. And, still, I was able to send, on an e-mail account, with an incorrectly-coded (for this e-mail account) 'From:' field. -- ..hggdh.. Using The Bat! v3.0.9.12 Return and on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4
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