[ale] Spam filtering

[Geoffrey]

Christopher R. Curzio wrote:
> Well, since you're probably referring to addresses, you're probably asking
> about how to test the validity of the sender, and not necessarily the
> server.
> 
> Sendmail can make sure that mail is rejected from bogus host names in the
> FROM field, but this will only weed out a small amount of spam, since
> spammers have gotten wise to this and typically forge real domain names.

As well as real email addresses.  At least, some of the current viri do 
this.

> 
> As for validating the SENDER, I don't know that you can do that. Check
> here for your options with sendmail: http://www.sendmail.org/antispam.html
> 

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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

The latest, most widespread virus?  Microsoft end user agreement.
Think about it...

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