Re: Email addresses spoofing

From: Reuben D. Budiardja (techlist_at_voyager.phys.utk.edu)
Date: 02/11/04

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Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 09:43:11 -0500

    On Wednesday 11 February 2004 08:55 am, Tomás García Ferrari wrote:
    > Hello,
    >
    > I found out that somebody is using the e-mail addresses of some of our
    > users / clients to send viruses out there... Specially the Virus named
    > "W32.Mydoom.A@mm".
    >
    > Is there any way to avoid that? The other mail servers doesn't recognize
    > that who claims to be 'user@domain' is spoofing!

    I would say this is beyond your control. if other mail client that the
    computer is infected by virus, and the virus spoof the address to spread
    itself, there's nothing you can do here in your server about it. It happens
    here too.
    What really annoys me is those mail servers out there with the virus detection
    and stuff, and when they detect virus in the mail, they *bounce* it to the
    sender, which most of the time is spoofed. Why bounce it? That is just plain
    stupid. Just drop the mail for goodness sake.

    RDB 

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