Re: [IMail Forum] virtual hosts

[Len Conrad]

> > username, but it seems to me

well, your seeming is faulty.  it just ain't like that.

>  that all the resolving can be done based on
> > the username%domain, since the doman is included. Who cares what IP
> > address it comes from?

you do, or you should

>  It has the necessary domain information in the
> > USERNAME to validate it or not.

spammers NEVER use a valid MAIL FROM: sender name.

You have to defend against that with authenticated protocol and non-spoofed 
ip addresses.  There is no recourse.

In legitimate Eudora, I can create any [EMAIL PROTECTED] I want, 
including yours, and use it spam through the 1000's of open-relay 
servers.  I even did that last week to help one of my IMGate list members 
test his first machine.

Len


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