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Date:      Tue, 6 Jun 2000 21:56:46 +0200
From:      Gabriel Ambuehl <gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch>
To:        keith@mail.telestream.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Spoofed mail
Message-ID:  <90470422972.20000606215646@buz.ch>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10006061250080.16303-100000@mail.telestream.com>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.10006061250080.16303-100000@mail.telestream.com>

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Hello keith,

Tuesday, June 06, 2000, 9:50:49 PM, you wrote:
> Is there a method to prevent mail spoofs? What is to stop spamers from
> just scripting a telnet to port 25 and doing their deeds there?

Configuring your SMTP to only allow users with the right to send
mail... The way to accomplish that depends on the mailserver you use.
Don't ask me anything about sendmail, qmail is ok though ;-)




Best regards,
 Gabriel




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