On Thursday, March 11, 2004, 12:23:46, Dale McDiarmid wrote: > If anyone who claims to be in my domain (an existing user, or not) can send > an email to anyone in my domain without being authenticated (by using my > smtp server), then conceivably, a malicious stranger could spoof a message > from the CEO of the company and send a message to the entire company that > could have legal consequences. > > How then, can email be used as a legal document. Would not this limit any > attempts to take any legal action based on an email? > > It seems any email sent from any user in my domain to anyone in my domain > cannot be viewed as 100% authentic. > > Any ideas?
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