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Stan Ryckman <[log in to unmask]>
Mon, 25 Aug 1997 10:28:41 -0400
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At 10:38 PM 8/24/97 -0400, Don Wiss wrote:
>While this is not a problem on any of our lists, it is fairly easy to forge
>a From address to one of an existing subscriber, and the post will go
>through when Send=Private. Another owner and I tested this and we find that
>the Listserver strips out all identifying source information that could be
>used to track down the forger. So there is no way such a person could be
>stopped. Is there some log file somewhere where this information is
>maintained? (Not that I'd want to pester my site administrator, but if this
>became a problem....)

Try setting yourself to IETFHDR and repeating the experiment.
You should then see all the original headers as received by LISTSERV.
FULLHDR also may be good enough.

Cheers,
Stan

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