Re: Mail security problems

From: TheMartian (themartian@phreaker.net)
Date: 09/13/02 

From: TheMartian <themartian@phreaker.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 10:00:08 GMT

After a long battle with technology, "Tim Haynes" an earthling wrote:

> TheMartian <themartian@phreaker.net> writes:
>
>> Anyone got any thoughts on this one.
>>
>> about half the email I send overseas (Eurpoe/US only)seems to be, being
>> changed/viewed in transit. Some of the detected issues so far are:
>>
>> Digital sigs that do not verify (looks like the old UNIX - Windoze text
>> file problem). Only my mother uses windoze.
>>
>> Altered headers, delivery time/date changed, missing MTAs, bogus MTA
>> added. bounces reporting a hotmail address as the recipient (when not
>> sent to hotmail)
>>
>> Delayed messages, think 11 days as the record. Every delayed message
>> fails digital sig verification.
>>
>> Ok am I being extra paranoid, or is someone/something intercepting some
>> of my mail?
> [snip]
>
> Do you stipulate a smarthost for outgoing mail? Who do you use for DNS?
>
> ~Tim
 
No smarthost.

My outgoing mail is nothing more complex than sendmail, behind a
strong firewall.

The DNS is my ISPs. 

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