Peter Janett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 4 September 2000 at 18:06:17 -0600
> Thanks for the responses.
>
> Let me make sure I understand.
>
> If newmediaone.net is in rcpthosts, and some spammer send this message via
> SMTP:
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> BCC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: whatever
>
> Will the message be delivered to [EMAIL PROTECTED], but not the other
> addresses listed?
Don't confuse headers with SMTP envelope recipients. There's no
necessary relationship at all; and to the MTA, the message hearders
are nothing but data. They're carried along, but they don't control
anything.
If a spammer sent that message with an envelope recipient of
[EMAIL PROTECTED], it would be accepted because newmediaone.net is in
rcpthosts.
If the spammer sent a second envelope recipient of [EMAIL PROTECTED],
and aol.com is NOT in your rcpthosts, he'd get an error on that
recipient (unless RELAYCLIENT had been set through tcpserver when this
connection was accepted).
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