Beta release 4.61.4

[Julian Field]

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Quite possibly. Can you see any way around this problem?

- --[ UxBoD ]-- wrote:
> Another question :) If you were to send a email to a mailing list, like
> this one, could a spammer extract the watermark and spoof the to and from
> address to bypass MailScanner ?
>
> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:06:48 -0400, DAve <dave.list at pixelhammer.com> wrote:
>   
>> Daniel Maher wrote:
>>     
>>>> 4 Added new feature (thanks to Matt Hampton for this) to skip the spam
>>>> checks
>>>>   on a message if it is a reply to one of your own messages. This is
>>>> known as
>>>>   "watermarking" a message. There are 4 new configuration settings:
>>>>   Add Watermark = yes
>>>>   Skip Spam Checks If Watermark Valid = yes
>>>>   Watermark Secret = SOMETHING-SECRET!
>>>>   Watermark Lifetime = 2419200 # = 4 weeks
>>>>         
>>> Does this result in the addition of a header or something?  Is there
>>>       
>> detailed technical documentation available for this new feature?
>>     
>> The big question is the LifeTime. Is MailScanner caching the watermark?
>> IF so can that cache be shared? We have multiple incoming MS servers,
>> and multiple outgoing SMTP servers.
>>
>> If possible I am sure we can Ruby something up to add the watermark on
>> the outbound servers and pass that information to the MXs.
>>
>> DAve
>>
>>     
>>> --
>>>   _
>>>  °v°  Daniel Maher
>>> /(_)\ Administrateur Système Unix
>>>  ^ ^  Unix System Administrator
>>>
>>> "The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is
>>>       
>> comprehensible." -- Albert Einstein.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Three years now I've asked Google why they don't have a
>> logo change for Memorial Day. Why do they choose to do logos
>> for other non-international holidays, but nothing for
>> Veterans?
>>
>> Maybe they forgot who made that choice possible.
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>>     

Jules

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