On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 14:56, Rick Moen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Quoting Edward Cherlin ([email protected]):
>
>> Or got her e-mail address from someone else's account, or from any
>> public source. It is discouragingly easy to forge headers on e-mail,
>> and pretend that it came from anybody the spammer likes, or sometimes
>> dislikes. Hence Joe jobs.
>
> Ed, I was one of the recipients of the eponymous joe job in 1997, the
> attempt by a spammer to carry out a revenge attack against Joe Doll of
> Saratoga, CA.  I think I'd know a joe job.  This _did_ come from the
> compromised Yahoo account and _did_ come from Yahoo.  One can easily
> tell from the last-hop Received header, which uniquely cannot be forged.

Ah, I see. I had not heard that you had a chance to look at the headers.

> I've spoken to Hilary's husband, this morning.  They were aware of the
> security compromise, and are taking corrective measures.

Good.
-- 
Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin
Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation.
The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination.
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