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Re: authenticating the source of mail

2002-05-17 12:47:54


Keith Moore wrote:

you're missing the point.  I might send mail from *anywhere*, from
any host or ISP I happen to be using at the moment.

So setup cs.utk.edu with a dynamic DNS agent that accepts MS updates for
wherever you happen to be. If this is too much data, setup a mail domain
for moore.cs.utk.edu and let the rest of us get on with filtering the
mail. I mean, for 99% of the mail domains, there will be little or no
extra effort. The remaining 1% of you can bend a little, maybe?

also for spam filtering/prevention/remediation it's not terribly
useful to authenticate the sender's email address.  what you really
want is to

this sentence drops off in mid-stream

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