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To: LPS5 who wrote (1)	2/9/2000 10:42:00 AM
From: Jon Tara	Read Replies (1) of 14

LOL! Of course, I was referring to the technical side, not the content side. :) As a software engineer, I'm one of the ones who is amazed that it has held-up as well as it is. It's a testimony to the basic good of most people that it does. The underlying protocols were not designed to resist intentional attempts to disrupt, forge, or mislead. A simple example: you can use anything you want for a "return address" when you send an e-mail. Just go into your e-mail software and set your return address to something else. There is no widely-used mechanism in place that verifies that you are who you say you are. Anybody has the ability to claim that they are Bill Gates. (Yes, there is information available in the e-mail headers that indicates where it's been, and that can suggest whether a return address is or isn't legitimate. For example, if "Bill Gates" mail originated at AOL, it's unlikely to be the genuine article... But, at least at the level that most of us examine our mail, it's very easy for anybody to commit forgery.)

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