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Re: Avoiding (trivial) spoofed "mail from"

From: Noel Jones (njonesmegan.vbhcs.org)
Date: Tue Dec 02 2008 - 09:55:15 CST


Roman Medina-Heigl Hernandez wrote:

>> [djname25 ~]# telnet mail.lucasit.com 25
>> Trying 192.168.xxx.xxx...
>> Connected to mail.lucasit.com.
>> Escape character is '^]'.
>> 220 postal.lucasit.com ESMTP Postfix
>> ehlo somehost.lucasit.com
>> 250-postal.lucasit.com
>> 250-PIPELINING
>
> Isn't a good idea to disable pipelining? (many people recommends it to
> reduce spam).

No, do not disable pipelining. I can't imagine it makes any
significant difference in spam, at the expense of extra burden
for you and everyone you exchange mail with. Pipelining is
useful.

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Noel Jones