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List:       sr-users
Subject:    [Serusers] posting from nonmembeers
From:       av () nethead ! de (Arnd Vehling)
Date:       2004-01-29 17:35:57
Message-ID: 4019447D.36EDB8FD () nethead ! de
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Jim Burwell wrote: 
> It's a good idea in general to prohibit outside posts.  But this won't
> stop the bogus worm-containing messages being sent out with fake "From:
> " addresses which are addressed as coming from the list, you, or even
> me.  These worms gather email addresses from received emails, inboxes,
> etc, etc, and use valid "From: " addresses to masquerade as anyone they
> want.

True, but some worms use the e-mail address list of the victim and use 
those addresses as "from-address". Therefore keeping unsubscribed users
out of the list would still help keeping the "trash" level of the list
low. 

-- Arnd



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