[NTLUG:Discuss] email spam question

[asenec@senechalle.net]

There are some virii out there that are forging mail headers.
Between spammer forgeries and virii forgeries, I have
little faith in the accuracy of the mail headers of
most unsolicited mail.

Annette

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> Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:23:21 -0500
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> Recently I have been getting junk mail asking me, among other things, to 
> be sure and forward the attachment to all my friends.
> Then I started receiving "returns" from MAIL-DAEMON at .... indicating that 
> "I" had forwarded these same messages to some unreachable address(es).
> I knew I hadn't sent the messages, and I thought I knew the recipients 
> weren't in my address book - but they (at least some) turned up in my 
> "collected" address book.
> 
> In talking to my ISP about spam, the voice on the phone mentioned 
> keeping an eye on my "Sent" folder for unrecognized messages (stuff I 
> didn't send).  I had never thought, or heard, of that before thought it 
> makes sense to me.  I checked my "Sent" folder and didn't find anything 
> I didn't recognize.  Any comment?
> 
> BTW - yes, I sent copies of all the stuff to "abuse at ..."  I also just 
> turned off "collecting" addresses (incoming and outgoing), set the 
> collection limit to zero, and deleted all addressed in the "Collected" 
> address book.
> 
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