Re: faked from addresses getting through to my lists

Zitat von Terry Todd <[email protected]>:

> Yes, they are discussion lists.
> 
> What I'm wonndering is if anyone has done anything to beef up the
> dist file or accept file format so it checks for more than just
> the email address of the subscriber.
> 
> a dist file entry something like this
> 
> "Senders Name" <[email protected]> 192.168.1.1 (comment)
> 
> so it checks for not only email address but senders name and IP address
> as well.  

A mailing list system isn't the right place to do such verification. It's
the task of the mail server. This feature is also only wishful for a 
minority because a valid email can come from different mail servers. People
are travelling and are using different servers. 

Your solution will not reduce spam but will produce a lot of adminstrative
work for the list admin. It would be also difficult to implement.

 Werner