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Re: Why we should choose the RFC2821 MAIL FROM/HELO identities

2004-03-25 10:25:13


On Mar 25, 2004, at 18:14, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote:

I cannot see any value to
an IP based authentication scheme if there is a hole in it that allows
anyone to send email from an unregistered address because thats the
way they have always done it.

I agree with this, and would like to say that removing ability to "send from unregistered addresses" is ok for me. It is ok to put a burden on the sender to do things so the receiver can do whatever he is doing to limit the amount of spam he gets.

   paf


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