Re: any dangers of using UTL_SMTP

On Friday 06 July 2001 13:20, Mercadante, Thomas F wrote:

> That only thing I don't like about it this - you can put *anything* in the
> "from" area of the email address. Like: from Bill-Bob Bush, White House
> USA. It seems wrong to me but, what the hey.
>

This isn't new. telnet to the smtp port of your mailserver, and you can easily spoof mail.

anyone with a little knowledge will know to look in the full header though to see where it really came from.

Jared

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