Hello Alexander, On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 10:03:08 +0100 GMT (19/02/2005, 16:03 +0700 GMT), Alexander S. Kunz wrote:
ASK> Everyone can fake the X-Mailer header so that it contains the ASK> identification of a genuine mail program. The spam I get claims to be (or ASK> is) written with Microsoft Outlook Express, CommuniGate Pro, SquirrelMail, ASK> and whatnot. Does anyone increase the spam rating of a message by that ASK> X-Mailer? No. The faked X-Mailer a spam software created was a TB version, but there was another header in those mails that wold be created only by Outlook, X-MSMail-Priority: Normal. That's how the faked X-Mailer could be identified as fake. This: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/spammer.html says it all. -- Cheers, Thomas. Ever notice that PRICE and WORTH mean the same thing, but priceless and worthless are opposites? -- Jay Trachman Message reply created with The Bat! 3.0.2.10 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.0.1.33 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
