Checking From: Headers (was R: Webone blocking port 25?)

[Alex Satrapa]

On Thursday, July 25, 2002, at 08:19 , Jeremy wrote:

> You might mean that webone are checking that the name in the From: line 
> contains a valid domain name.

Makes sense to me.

No point having a "From:" line or a "FROM" envelope header claiming that 
the message comes from "jepri at webone.sucks.com.au" if we can't reply to 
it ;)

Most email that has dodgy "from" addresses is spam or virii laden.

Alex