[v-webmail] Re: busting spammers
- From: "Richard Heyes" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <v-webmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 23:14:48 -0000
> I have had some trouble with an abuser sending spam using v-webmail.
>
> I could not track him down by looking at the FROM address which would
> normally identify him, as this had been spoofed, very likely by hacking
the
> HTML on the compose page.
>
> What I would like to do is, at the point where the send request is being
> processed (in email.compose.php I guess ), to add an extra header in the
> email which identifies the user-id, irrespective of how a user spoofs the
> html in the send page. I guess I can do this by grabbing
> $SESSION['email']['user'].
There's an option in the vhosts config file for this.
> While I'm about it, I would also like to limit the number of users that
can
> be emailed at once, to say 20, to make it less attractive to spammers.
For this you'd need to hack the email.compose.php. However this is an
interesting suggestion so I'll look into adding this.
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Richard Heyes
http://www.v-webmail.co.uk
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