[Esd-l] Smart reply

[John Hardin]

On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 15:06, Simon Matthews wrote:
> John,
>
> If I understand correctly, you are going to look up the MX records for the
> domain listed in the Return-Path: and see if it matches the IP address in
> any (?) of the "Received:"  lines?
>
> Interesting!

No, that's not quite what I have in mind.

1. extract the domain from the Return-Path: header,

2. see if that domain appears in any of the Received: headers.

It'll suppress incorrectly for some of the larger ISPs (like people with
@earthlink.com addresses sending via @earthlink.net servers) but should
also cut down on the alerts to blatantly forged addresses.

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