On Saturday 14 February 2004 04:39 pm, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 03:45:24PM -0500, Al Davis wrote: > > On Friday 13 February 2004 01:18 am, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > Not so. > > > > Unfortunately, Karsten, you are wrong here. > > Back up your statement, please.
It is easy to find out if your ISP's relay works this way. Use a MUA that lets you configure to use a remote smarthost, bypassing your local MTA. As far as I know, all of the graphic ones let you do this. On Windows, it is the usual way to configure them. Compose a message, but change the "From" to where you want the bounce to go. Put a bogus address in "To". Send it! > > As a result, for improper action, anything goes for that address, > > so spammers and viruses can do what they want. > > Not quite. The return-path only screws with broken virus scanners > that aren't rejecting at SMTP-time, but making up a bounce message > incorrectly assuming that the return-path is actually accurate. Paul: If you would like proof, let me know, and I will arrange to have comcast bounce you a message. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
