Fake domains - revisiting..

[Hendrik den Hartog]

Only access from the 'outside' is via WEB pages, so connecting to
the server, or via Outlook RPC over http.

Cheers!
Dave




On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 07:39:05PM +0000, Michele Neylon :: Blacknight wrote:
> Hendrik den Hartog wrote:
> >Hello
> >
> >We use Mailscanner on our schools firewall.
> >
> >We have the not uncommon issue with mail entering with fake domain names, 
> >that is,
> >mail pretending to come from our domain. (How on earth they glean the 
> >email names to
> >use is mind boggling to me?) 
> >
> >
> >I've read a few historic threads RE: this, but I'm after the current 
> >recommended procedure to deal with this issue.
> >
> >Running CentOS 3.3/sendmail-8.12.11-4
> >
> >I've added our domain name to sendmails access database 
> >(From:OurDomain.name.com), but
> >suspect this may be a crude option to take - although it seems to work?
> >
> >Advice, Feedback appreciated...
> >
> >Cheers!
> >Dave
> Dave
> 
> Does all mail from your domain come from the same server? ie. the server 
> in the school OR is it possible that someone could use the domain from 
> outside eg. at home or wherever?
> 
> Michele
> 
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