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Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org

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James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> writes:
> On 03/18/2015 04:38 AM, jacob navia wrote:
>> They answered my complaint (very quickly). Here is their message:
>> <quote>
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>> Il 17/03/2015 22:12, jacob navia ha scritto:
>>  > Please what can I do to avoid this?
>>  > Is it possible to stop this?
>> 
>> you don't own your name but your email address only
>> 
>> if jacob@spamsink.net is a valid address and if it's owned by you, you 
>> can complaint against people who use it. ...
>
> That's only useful if you can identify those people. Can you?

aioe.org might be able to identify the IP address(es) they post
from, even if it's not included in the headers of the articles that
reach the rest of us.  They do restrict connections and posts by
IP address, so they must keep track.

Using a real e-mail address doesn't make it any more difficult to
post forgeries, but apparently it does make it easier to deal with
them after the fact (something I hadn't considered).

As someone else mentioned, eternal-september.org requires
username/password authentication.  I don't know how secure it is,
or how or whether they prevent header modifications, but it might
make forgeries more difficult.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
"We must do something.  This is something.  Therefore, we must do this."
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Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org jacob navia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-03-18 09:38 +0100
  Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-03-18 11:07 -0400
    Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-18 09:15 -0700
      Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-03-18 12:54 -0400
        Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-18 10:29 -0700
        Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-03-18 17:30 +0000
        Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-03-19 09:04 +0100
          Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-03-19 22:25 -0400
      Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2015-03-18 18:22 +0000
        Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2015-03-18 11:41 -0700
        Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2015-03-18 11:41 -0700
        Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2015-03-18 11:41 -0700
        Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-18 20:28 +0100
          Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2015-03-18 19:37 +0000
            Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-03-18 23:22 +0100
        Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-03-21 22:48 +0000
  Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-03-21 22:47 +0000
    Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-21 16:14 -0700
      Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-03-30 09:52 +0000
        Re: Forged messages:the answer from aioe.org Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-03-30 09:14 -0700

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