Re: [vps-mail] spam viruses really getting me down

["Andy McKell, FOCUS Internet" <mac@xxxxxxxx>]

At 01:55 PM 6/16/2005 -0500, you wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:37:27 -0500
> Rae French <rfrench@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Is there any way to disable an email address so that it can't be spoofed?
>
>         No.  You can use SPF to tell the world what servers are allowed
> to send mail from a particular domain, BUT the world has to check for
> that (I believe most servers don't, at this point).  You can disable the
> address so bounces back to it (along with all other mail) are rejected
> and not received.

You'll get a ton of rejected mail in the webmaster box, as the server 
thinks that's the sender. And it's unwise to trash all mail to webmaster.

Andy


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