mark lewis wrote on 4/24/2015 :
> + User FidoNet address: 1:3634/12
>  On Thu, 23 Apr 2015, FromTheRafters wrote to All:
>
>>  F> Eh, it was just my way of saying it was a spoofed "Diesel" post. 
>>  F> The "real" Diesel has "diesel" and the spoofer has "deisel" in 
>>  F> the FQDN of  the MID.
>> 
>> now you've gone and blown a method of determining the faker from the 
>> real one... good show! :lol:
>
>  F> How does that blow anything?
>
> because the faker knows about it now and can fix their mistake...

They can't fix it, that's the whole point.

>  F> It, in fact, points out the way to filter  if one has the 
>  F> capability to filter on MID's.
>
> yes, until the faker fixes their mistake...

Which they are unable to do, since --

>  F> The injecting server's  admin shouldn't let anyone else duplicate 
>  F> the right hand side. 
>
> agreed :) 

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