Hmmm....the original one got mangled by my mailer.  Here it is again in a
more readable format.  Apologies for sending it twice.

-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Bailey [mailto:[log in to unmask]]


On 4/13/01 10:28 PM, Glenn Darwin <[log in to unmask]> wrote...

>But, why would AOL parse the header for where the e-mail originated before
it
>hit listserv?

Because AOL has no way of knowing if a message went through a MLM. A
forged Received line is a forged Received line, wherever it appears.

>Why do they consern themselves with every hop before the connect
>to AOL?

So it's okay if I attempt to forge my dialup IP, so long as I relay
through a server that identifies itself properly? Forgery is forgery.

>So what if one of my subscribers is running their own e-mail server.

Running mail servers on dialup is a common way to send abusive mail. Many
sites block mail directly injected from a dialup.

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It all seems to me like they're burning down the barn to get the mice.
Admittedly, AOL needs to be seen by their subscribers to be "doing something
about the problem" but do they have to resort to overkill?

Chazzozz!!

Michael Shannon
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