I don't think the subject line is all that preposterous... Over the last
couple months, I've been watching the spam I get, and about 40% of the
spam I've been getting has been to one of my three Operamail addresses
(which are all configured to forward to me)...
Now since I don't use my Operamail addresses except to receive the
researchbuzz newsletter on one of them (and I don't think whats-her-name
is a spammer), it's probable that Operamail sells addresses to
spammers.
>Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Received: from localhost (tux.blj8.com [127.0.0.1])
> by tux.blj8.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id f0CCeZ003914
> for <x>; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 05:40:35 -0700
>Received: from westhost13.westhost.net
> by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.3.1)
> for x (single-drop); Fri, 12 Jan 2001 05:40:35 -0700 (MST)
>Received: from operamail.com (OperaMail.com [199.29.68.79])
> by westhost13.westhost.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id
GAA29841
> for <x>; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 06:43:09 -0600
>Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>X-Forwarded-By: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Received: from ns1.tulipwirral.com [195.99.156.18] ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
by
>operamail.com; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 07:38:21 -0500
>Received: from [63.254.204.252] by ns1.tulipwirral.com
> (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID#
0-64966U1000L100S0V35)
> with SMTP id com; Thu, 11 Jan 2001 19:18:43 +0000
>Message-ID: <0000502a43ea$00006322$000031b7@>
>To: <x>
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Caribbean vacation Giveaways
>Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 12:18:03 -0600
You all may want to read the headers on the spam you get for a while, to
see what if any comes to your Operamail addresses. As an experiment, I'm
going to create a secret unguessable account on Operamail, and I'll see
if any spam comes that way.
-=Brian=-
