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Re: [Asrg] Spooked mail addresses

2004-02-04 10:06:48
On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 04:34:03PM +0000, Peter Sergeant wrote:
It's true that there's no technical way for the *recipient* to verify
that you authorized a message. However, I'd say your logic doesn't hold

No, it is not true. Header analysis can reveal whether the relaying hosts 
sequence & pattern in the Received: headers is consistent with previous
(bonafide) messages received from the sender. 

Most people uses just one (or a few at most) SMTP servers for sending 
their mail. 

I wonder whether any existing bayesian filters look at this sort of thing.

-- 
Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints...
Mark Foster <mark(_at_)foster(_dot_)cc>  http://mark.foster.cc/


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