forged From:

Rob V robbyv at DISASTER.COM
Wed Jul 16 17:12:11 IST 2003


Can I add that in my scan.rules ?
like
From:           192.168.198.    no

will that no scan all of 192.168.198
or do I have to add it differently ?



At 03:08 PM 7/16/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>Rob V wrote:
> > Has Anyone got a way to block or detect a forged From: address.
> > I am getting spam sent to us with forged From (they are putting that
> > the mail is from someone at our domain)
> > Since we do not scan our own domain these messages are getting in no
> > problem. Any help or suggested would be appreciated.
>
>You should not whitelist your own domains by their domain name, instead
>you should whitelist trusted internal servers by IP, or your IP address blocks.
>
>
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