Re: [Exim] Security of Exim?

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Author: Sarel J. Botha
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Security of Exim?
On Wed, Jun 07, 2000 at 03:57:13PM -0400, Jason wrote:
> > Nope, it's a function of the smtp specification, providing the
> > envelope information isn't rejected by your antu-relaying rules then
> > 'faking' an email is trivial.
>
> The only easy way is to determine if a session is going to slow.
> The only way probably to remove this possibility is to lower the
> command time out, but this then has the bad side effect that on
> slow links, that it would time out.


Spammers use software that go fast.

There's no way of stopping someone from faking the From: address.

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