Re: Spam Sent From WebMail

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> Hi,
> Lately we've noticed an alarming trend of spam being sent out from our
> webmail server.    It seems the new viruses will actually connect to
> the webmail server and log in as the user (saved username/password in
> internet explorer).   It then sends e-mail from the user's webmail
> account, but it doesn't send it as the user, instead it somehow
> manages to forge the FROM address.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas how this is happening (forging of the
> address) and has anyone else managed to figure out a way (short of a
> captcha) to stop this?

SquirrelMail allows to set from: address in Personal preferences. Older
SquirrelMail versions allow it even if admin blocks it in SquirrelMail
configuration.

-- 
Tomas


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