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On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 13:08:07 -0800
begin Bill Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed forth:
[snip]
>
> Nobody who has the faintest clue about e-mail believes anything in the
> From: or Reply-To: headers in spam since forging them is trivial.
A properly configured sendmail server will not allow just anyone to
rewrite the From: header. Your mailer can change the Return-Path:, but
not the From:. Only defined trusted users can do this. So either covad's
mail server is misconfigured (everyone is trusted), or they're in on this.
At the very least, the spam originated with them and they know who it is.
Since I haven't heard from them, time to file my criminal complaint
directly against covad.
>
> >Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Received: from pananix.com (h-66-167-112-39.HSTQTX02.covad.net
> >[66.167.112.39])
> > by ns1.panamanow.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gA7DaCuR010676
> > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:36:13 -0500
> >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This field is sacred. It is (re)written by sendmail.
If your mail server permits this to be rewritten by your mail agent, then
your mail server is seriously flawed (broken).
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: We Pay You every day! 11/7/2002 5:34:23 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
- --
Focus on the dream, not the competition.
-- Nemesis Racing Team motto
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