On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 10:27:58AM -0400, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 11:10:32AM +0000, Jonathan Matthews <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > I strongly believe these emails (and also those purporting to be from > > very, /very/ new Windows users, e.g. "My XP says I need driver? Where > > from?<EOM>") to be email gathering ploys to catch addresses from > > /definately/ live accounts. > > I've wondered that, but this latest one (I haven't checked the others) > has a From: address which appears at a quick glance to be a user of a > legitimate Canadian ISP. (see www.sympatico.ca)
But what would the point of an email gathering ploy /without/ a valid From: line? Or do you mean "From", sans-colon? FMI (For /My/ Information ... :-) is there any useful distinction to be made here? jc
