+++ Hiten Desai [linux-india] <22/05/02 22:45 -0700>:
I have one unique problem anyone on my local network can assume any name in outlook express
That is a feature of the ESMTP protocol.
Encourage the use of strong cryptography and PGP signatures if you are afraid your mail can be forged.
Then, looking through your logs and reading the mail's full headers are often enough to trace idiots who think they become anonymous by just changing the from header.
you never get mac addresses of the machines ppl are smart they always change their ips
Hiten. --- Suresh Ramasubramanian mallet@efn.org wrote:
+++ Hiten Desai [linux-india] <22/05/02 22:45 -0700>:
I have one unique problem anyone on my local network can assume any name in outlook express
That is a feature of the ESMTP protocol.
Encourage the use of strong cryptography and PGP signatures if you are afraid your mail can be forged.
Then, looking through your logs and reading the mail's full headers are often enough to trace idiots who think they become anonymous by just changing the from header.
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