On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Simon Byrnand wrote:
I have to agree here. By definition email should have a return address if it is "genuine". If the domain name of the "from" address doesn't even exist, then its almost a sure bet that the email is bogus, and I see no reason it should be accepted. Most MTA's seem to default to this action as well.
I guess you don't get email from people who post to newsgroups, most of them use bogus addresses so if they reply via email to a post the address will not be legit ( john(a)notihug.co.nz.nospam sort of thing ). Checking around I also came across: From: Promos(a)Glengarry Wines Which appears to be a legit little mailout sent last week from e-wine(a)Glengarry.co.nz . I didn't see any others in the search. Our spam filtering also has a "No MX for From address" rules that helps block those. Still if you feel comfortable blocking customer's email on that basis I guess it's your choice. -- Simon Lyall. | Newsmaster | Work: simon.lyall(a)ihug.co.nz Senior Network/System Admin | Postmaster | Home: simon(a)darkmere.gen.nz ihug, Auckland, NZ | Asst Doorman | Web: http://www.darkmere.gen.nz - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog