>Peter,
>
>Yes, you are correct.
>
>Do to the openess of the internet (SMTP) protocols, that we to which we all
>adhere, making e-mail communications almost effortless, this has become a
>security concern that is plaguing most of the internet industry. We are
>currently developing steps to protect you from and prevent these activities
>from occuring.
>
>Hope this helps...
>Support@Software.com
>
Hoping they finish it in time, before the spammers hit us :(
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Peter A. Sang
SANG Computersysteme GmbH * Kruppstr. 82-100 * 45145 Essen * Germany
T: +49-201-82020-0 * F:-40 * http://sang.net * mailto:pesa@sang.net
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>Von: Gecker@Oakweb.com[SMTP:Gecker@Oakweb.com]
>Gesendet: Dienstag, 18. Februar 1997 1:18
>An: emerald@iea.com
>Betreff: Post.Office and spamming
>
>Hello,
>
>Well this is a little off topic but I know there are a number of Emerald
>users that are using Post.Office as their email program. The other day I
>noticed that my Post.Office mail server was working pretty hard. As I soon
>discovered, some mass mailers were redirecting spam to my mail server for
>distribution. These guys were logging into Earthlink.net and had specified
>my Post.Office mail server as the mail gateway for their spamming. So they
>would post a message to Earthlink, earthlink would forward it to me, and my
>server would mail out spam all over the net with my mail server's address.
>Boy I was pissed when I found out. I had been handling an extra 5000-10000
>messages a day for these spammers.
>
>But here is where I really got upset. I contacted Software.com asking what
>I could do to stop this kind of activity. They informed me that
>Post.Office can NOT filter this stuff out and I'm stuck with these spammers
>for the time being. So I'm looking at switching to sendmail or something
>else that can filter out SMTP accepts for message delivery to non local
>domains. So if you are using Post.Office, you should be aware of this
>vulnerability to spamming. I suggest you write Software.com and encourage
>then to come up with a fix before your site gets targeted by spammers.
>
>David Edwards
>System Administrator - Oakweb.com
>Lake Tahoe's Premier Internet Service Provider
>1-800-61-TAHOE
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