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  1. #1
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    Default Is the info that's put into the mail headers a security risk?

    Today while testing out some emails, i noticed that the users Cpanel account name is inserted into the headers.

    I sent a email from SquirrelMail on my server, to a aol account. When looking in the header i noticed this:

    Received: from CPANELACCOUNTNAME by server.mydomain.net with local (Exim 4.42)

    Wouldn't inserting the account name used to log into cpanel create a security risk, or is it not that serious?

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    Well it exposes the user name, so a cracker is one step closer to brute forcing on that account, but tracing spam is made much easier with this info.

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