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Date:      Sun, 16 May 1999 23:57:51 +0100
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To:        "Sameer R. Manek" <manek@ecst.csuchico.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 3.2-RELEASE
Message-ID:  <19990516235751.A48462@scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GHP.4.05.9905161343500.1223-100000@polio.ecst.csuchico.edu>
References:  <xzpg14y36vy.fsf@localhost.ping.uio.no> <Pine.GHP.4.05.9905161343500.1223-100000@polio.ecst.csuchico.edu>

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Sameer R. Manek wrote:

> I believe it is..

You are mistaken.

> if you recieve an email from foo@evil.com,

The MAIL FROM command is not used to determine whether a host can relay or
not. Sendmail uses the address of the connecting host to determine whether
a host can relay or not.

-- 
Ben Smithurst
ben@scientia.demon.co.uk


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