Mike M wrote:
I am finding all of the malware attached email arrives with no To:
field. This is a nice feature since procmail dumps such email into my
DEFAULT mailbox which I never look at. Why would a spammer omit the To:
field?
Maybe to bypass spam filters? Many ISPs recently started filtering
out e-mail that was delivered to a different user than the To: field
indicated. This broke e-mail lists for many people, because the
mass-mail or mail-list software used was not addressing the To: field
for the individual recipient. Mailman, for example, added that feature
in the last 12-18 months, I think. It is possible that those ISPs
filters _are_ allowing email with _no_ To: field to be delivered to the
intended recipient.
just a guess...
C
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