how to fight fake email addresss?

[Jason]

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Hi,

    Does that mean, putting the following rule on the white list ?

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Jason

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From: "Martin Hepworth" <martinh at SOLID-STATE-LOGIC.COM>
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Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: how to fight fake email addresss?


> Hi
>
> never trust the 'from' address, use ip-addresses use with the rules.
>
> I have an s separate email gateway machine.
>
> I set mine so email from the server (or LAN) ip-address gets virus
> checked, NOT spam checked but a standard signature attached.
>
> --
> Martin Hepworth
> Snr Systems Administrator
> Solid State Logic
> Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
>
>
> Jason wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>    I'm running an email server to serve only our own employee. So I would
>> like to make some special treatment for emails coming to or going out
>> from
>> users of our server. The treatment I want to make includes spam checking,
>> email splitting, and attachment filename checking.
>>
>>    I know rules are designed to do the job. But will MailScanner fight
>> against fake email addresses? If not, people can fake our email address
>> and
>> get thru.
>>
>> Jason
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