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From: ny.news.verio.net
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 00:00

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WARNING ! ! !

    You can easily impersonate people by sending mail using their e-mail
address.  SMTP servers do not authenticate users - POP3 servers do, so if
you can send mail using pretty much ANY SMTP server unless it uses secure
certificates, has disabled SMTP relay or uses a mail gateway of some sort.
If someone has any input or knows how to fix that major security hole please
e-mail jacks@datalife.com .

SysAdmin

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From: "ny.news.verio.net" <jacks@datalife.com>
Subject: SMTP Security Hole
Date: 1999/06/18
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