Re: bug? ASK sends confirmation requests to local users

Marco Paganini <[email protected]> Wed, 25 Feb 2004 11:50:24 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.mail.spam.active-spam-killer.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Marc,

These messages should be junked, as they come from a badly formed
address. Please add a bug tracker.

Regards,
Paga


On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 03:42:25PM +0100, Marc Herbert wrote:
> 
> Version 2.5.0
> 
> If a spam message has a local user in its "From:"
> (e.g.: "From: postmaster"), then the local user on the machine running
> ASK receives the confirmation message.
> 
> Simple, suggested fix: send only confirmation requests to addresses
> with an "@" inside.
> 
> 
> I will file this bug in SF's bug tracker, unless someone tells me not
> to do so.
> 
> 
> 
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