Jim Lentini wrote:
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> I recently noticed that the Netscape mail application does a fine job of
> forging email addresses.
>
> Using NS-Mail I was able to chnge my identity at will & even issue
> administrative commands. All I had to was set up my mail server & my ID &
[...]
This is a common problem with Sendmail, even with the SMTP protocol in
general. Anyone can connect to port 25 of any SMTP server anywhere and
forge an email.
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Chris Woods Systems & Network Guy
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