At 09:56 p.m. 24/01/00 -0800, you wrote:
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "D a n i e l" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 5:14 PM
>Subject: [SaF] more on spam: soft
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Here is a small program that sends fake bounce email to spammer�s
>address (I
>> am not too sure if this is "correct")
>>
>> Bounce Spam Mail, free
>>
>> <http://ay.home.ml.org/>http://ay.home.ml.org/
>>
>[....]
>
>_Do not do this, firends._ Instead consider Alan's earlier advice
>about using the host tracker to get on the list of known complainers.
>
>Very few spammers use their _own_ e-mail address to spam. They have
>probably used "throw-away" address like Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.
Many times the spammer�s address is obvious if you check the complete
headers.
It does not matter ifg they used a throw away address, the objective is not
to reach their "real"address but to get off the mailing list giving the
idea of a wrong address (if that is acceptable).
You are right, you have to be a bit careful when selecting the address to
bounce.
Another problem if you use different addresses is to know to which one the
spam was sent. This can be determined looking at the complete headers. They
will show the servers from which the mail came to you.
Or maybe
>they've borrowed an e-mail address and hijacked an insecure server
>someplace to send it from.
This is a more seriuos case.
So the e-mail you "bounce" quite possibly
>goes to someone who had absolutely nothing to do with anything.
>
>Consider this: what if it was _your_ e-mail address they borrowed?
>
>Karlo
>
