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Re: [Asrg] seeking comments on new RMX article

2003-05-06 12:09:01

DC> But a rogue spammer who owns an MTA is free to list whatever other
DC> domain names it wants in the RMX.  So nasty-spammer.com is free to have
DC> an RMX entry for aol.com.

Dave,

If the rogue spammer does that, then aol.com can send spoofed email
claiming to be from nasty-spammer.com, but the reverse isn't true;  
nasty-spammer.com still cannot send mail claiming to come from aol.

This is a feature, not a bug.

Mike

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