Chapter 6: Unwilling accomplices

In this chapter from the book Canning Spam: You've Got Mail (That You Don't Want), by Jeremy Poteet, you'll see how a misconfigured e-mail server can take away the advantage of header information. If an e-mail server is vulnerable to a relay attack, the e-mail really comes from the vulnerable server and is not just spoofed.

By hiding behind innocent people, spammers take on less risk, and the innocents pay the price. In this chapter, you'll learn how to protect yourself from being used as an unwilling pawn in a spammer's attack.

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