IETF SMTP Working Group Proposal at smtpng.org

Mon Aug 26 16:25:39 UTC 2002

mjc at cooper.org.uk (Martin Cooper) writes:

> OK - but unconditionally permitting null-return paths means that
> spammers can drive a coach and horses through the hole it leaves. :-(

that's how the proposal is optional.  spammers who lie about their
source/return addresses using nonexistent domain names are not the
subject of http://www.vix.com/~vixie/mailfrom.txt; rather, i'm
trying to address the issue of spammers who lie about _existing_
source/return domain names.
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Paul Vixie