how to fight fake email addresss?

[Martin Hepworth]

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Jason

well sort of..

I use MailScanner rules on the spam and signature options, rather than
whitelisting which I believe will also stop virus scanning....



--
Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300


Jason wrote:
> Hi,
>
>    Does that mean, putting the following rule on the white list ?
>
> From: 127.0.0.1
>
> Jason
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Martin Hepworth" <martinh at SOLID-STATE-LOGIC.COM>
> To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> 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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