Re: Will New Sendmail Block Remailers?

[Bill Frantz <frantz@netcom.com>]

At 8:58 AM -0800 3/17/98, Ryan Anderson wrote:
>> Markoff in the NYT reports today on the release of a new
>> Sendmail upgrade by author Eric Allman that will block
>> spam by checking the legitimacy of the originating address
>> before delivery.
>>
>> ...
>
>All it really does is force spammers to search for someone's real address
>to spoof and harass.  (They can just scan usenet, and pick on random
>people if they want..)

The ultimate end of this line of measure/countermeasure is code that sniffs
out peoples passwords so spammers can "borrow" their accounts to send a
million or so messages.


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