On Sun, 05 Jan 2003 19:04:41 EST, Doug said: > It seems to me if the mail server administrators would make the decision to > require people that send emails from their servers to log into a valid
Your proposal would fix the problem, but end up tossing a large quantity of babies out with the bathwater. The problem is that for the case of a mailing list, you have *4* (at least) things to keep track of: 1) The RFC821 recipient address. For your copy of this posting, it's "your email address". 2) The RFC821 sender address. It should be available in the Return-Path: header in most well-behaved mail systems as you look at your mail. 3) The RFC822 From: address. 4) The RFC822 To: address. Another problem is that I am (fortunately) still receiving more mail each day that counts as "legitimate unsolicited" (problem reports about our servers, people who have seen my name and are looking for technical advice, etc) than I do actual spam. It's not as easy as it looks... :) /Valdis
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