Subject: Return Address Spoofing

From: [email-masked] (Mark R. Bell)
Date: 10 Jul 1995 14:37:00 GMT

To be able to use Pine 3.91 (LAN Workplace version) in a public
cluster, I need to completely disable the ability of a user to enter a
fake return address or name.  I have been able to hack a solution on
the Mac side by removing the text fields for a return name and address
in Mail Drop, the result being that a user's e-mail has only his or her
true e-mail address in the From field in the header.  Is this possible
in Pine?  I have looked at the release notes, FAQ, and Web site, but
with no luck.

Thanks in advance for any advice on this problem.

--Mark

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From: [email-masked] (The Shriminator)
Date: 11 Jul 1995 00:12:58 GMT

Mark R. Bell writes in comp.mail.pine:
 +  To be able to use Pine 3.91 (LAN Workplace version) in a public cluster, I
 +  need to completely disable the ability of a user to enter a fake return
 +  address or name.  I have been able to hack a solution on the Mac side by
 +  removing the text fields for a return name and address, the result being
 +  that a user's e-mail has only his or her true e-mail address in the From
 +  field in the header.  Is this possible in Pine?  I have looked at the
 +  release notes, FAQ, and Web site, but with no luck.

How come you have configured Pine3.91 in such a way to allow editing of the
From: header in the first place ?

Comment out that option in the "osdep/os-xxx.h" file in the pine src kit,
and recompile. Then the option to edit the From: header will be disabled.

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