On 3/16/02 10:50 AM, Glenn L. Austin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 3/15/2002 9:25 PM, Jim Robertson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> A week or two ago someone suggested using a "Bouncer" applescript as an >> anti-spam weapon. I obtained a copy and tried it. The notion is that the >> spam recipient can extricate himself from the spam recipient list by telling >> the sender that the email address to which the spam was sent is invalid. >> >> The only problem with this on the half dozen spam bounces I've tried is that >> the spammer has, in each instance, faked his own email address, so there's >> no where to bounce the message TOO! > > Jim, > > Bouncer looks through the headers for a valid server to "bounce" to, it > never looks at the "From" or "Reply-To" headers.
Return-Path can be forged too. -- Adam Bailey | Chicago, Illinois [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Finger/Web for PGP [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.lull.org/adam/ -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
