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Originally Posted by DavidJ
Yes, it is the feature for emails. Like what Mickey said, are there any other uses of anti-spoofing besides emails?
On the other note, how does spoofing works? How will the hacker get my email account and then send an email to me using my own account?
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They don't get access to your email account. Spammers manipulate the Header of the email sent to make it look like it came from a legitimate email, in order to try and avoid Spam Filtering.
I have noticed recently that spammers are using Facebook/Myspace email addresses. Running Norton Internet Security myself filters 90% of these emails anyway.
E-mail spoofing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for a little light reading on the problem.