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Article #112Re: Falsified "From:" Fields ?? (was: Hi.)
From: Mr. Fun
Date: Mon, 05 May 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 05 May 1997 00:00
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D.M. wrote: >billy@mix.com wrote: > >>D.M. writes regarding Primenet's user agreement: > >>> "Posting articles with forged header information (e.g., a falsified >>> "From:" field) is prohibited." > >>> (got this direct from the web page) > >>OK - then what about all the people putting whatever in their >>email addresses to bounce junk mail? It would appear someone >>has one hell of a lot of cleaning up to do (that being whoever >>gets to enforce this policy). > >>Billy Y.. > >Um, a FORGERY is signing someone elses name, intending for all to >believe whatever you signed came from the person whose signature you >forged. Like when you forged your parents signature on your report >cards. It is not just signing with your initials, or just an "X" for >that matter, unless you want everyone to believe you are someone else. > >I use initials to stop the e-mail spam. If I include my e-mail address >in a post, then I should, and do, expect spam. I only risk that if I >need info fast, direct to myself. > >I think primenets' NO-FORGERY rule is a good one (flame away) as it >is intended to keep exacty what happened with charlie to a minimum. >Anyone who forges a signature is a slimy, moronic, worthless piece >of #$@%!^^!!, IMHO. > > >D.M. > Well that's not how It was explained to me by Primenet. I was told that NOTHING but my ACTUAL email was allowed. I agree with the first question here, "What about all the people when are anti-spamming in their FROM fields?" According to PNs policy they ARE forging as the policy was told to me.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f863a,c0d9f4681c89c44f X-Google-Attributes: gidf863a,public X-Google-Thread: febea,c0d9f4681c89c44f X-Google-Attributes: gidfebea,public From: gribble@primenet.com (Mr. Fun) Subject: Re: Falsified "From:" Fields ?? (was: Hi.) Date: 1997/05/05 Message-ID: <3361cb9b.2543466@news.primenet.com> X-Deja-AN: 239727168 References: <3336AAF7F.54C2@primenet.com> <5ked2c$lvq$1@nnrp01.primenet.com> <336ABE21.5F8F@primenet.com> <5kelcl$3sb$1@nnrp01.primenet.com> <5khit4$46p$1@nnrp01.primenet.com> <5kk5ba$85s$1@nnrp01.primenet.com> Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet X-Posted-By: @206.165.27.11 (gribble) Newsgroups: primenet.general,az.internet