Hi Charles M. Gerungan --------------------------------------------- On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, at 01:02:13 [GMT +0200] (which was 4:02 PM where I live) you wrote:
KA>> Outlook doesn't have to. This is the job of the mail server. > What rfc states this? It isn't. Why would a mta do that if it doesn't > know where it's coming from? Look, I can show you thousands of outlook incoming and outgoing mail messages with message ID's. I'm not sure if there is an RFC for this or not but I believe there is. Our mail server assigns a message ID to all outgoing messages if the mail client hasn't already done so. If I have time, I'll look up the appropriate specification. KA>> Any legitimate mail server will automatically assign a message ID. > I guess qmail is not a legitimate mta then :). If that is the case, as far as we are concerned, I guess so. KA>> Spammers, of course, like to spoof all the headers including message KA>> ID. > Yes, but there's always rbl which makes you devnull it before it reaches > the queue. After that, there's SA which almost catches the rest. If > you're still not happy, install a c/r system like tmda. I'm perfectly happy. > Let's move to pm before a moderator tells us to do so without putting > MOD in the Subjec: line :). -- Best Regards, Kevin Using The Bat! v2.12 Beta/1 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1
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