At 17:59 09/22/1999 Wednesday , Busdiecker, Linda E. wrote: >Because I work for a fairly large county with lots of agencies and >departments. The Office of Public Affairs would really like for everything >to go out under one email address to show citizens that this is really from >our county government (granted, anyone can pose as anyone else, but they're >trying to lend credibility to this). > >We could have lots of people pose as someone else, but I thought it made >more sense to have the software that we've just bought ensure consistency if >possible ... Linda: Editorial Comment follows: It is incomprehensible to me that you would allow *anyone* to "spoof" a generic OPA FROM: address. By doing so, you create an oxymoron: "that this is really from our county government" Instead, you need to assure your customers that not just anyone can spoof the FROM: by making appropriate list keyword adjustments so that a "cookie" is sent to an authorized approver when someone does post (when they spoof the FROM: field). Then if legit, approve the posting (usually by REPLYing OK to the cookie message). It would be useful to review the LO's manual section: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8d/owner/owner.html#2.12.6 -- /Pete Weiss Sr. Systems Engineer Penn State +1 814 863 1843