looks like it.... -----Original Message----- From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 12 August 2002 15:13 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Unsolicited Email
I think you missed Erik's <sarcasm> tags. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Hackney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 7:49 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Unsolicited Email > > <snip> Nobody on this should list should read the SMTP headers. </snip> > Ok, so I'm not the creme de la creme but I wouldn't count myself as the > creme de la merde either (no comments pls!) but why not look at headers? > When our mail server was used as a spam relay I looked at them and could > see where it was routed thru. > And if it is legit mail, you can also see whether you or your isp has a > problem with out bound comms, can you not? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Les Bessant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 12 August 2002 13:33 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Unsolicited Email > > > Hey, we're not all PHBs, Erik! Some of us have to do the technical stuff > ourselves.... > > <g,d&r> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erik Sojka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 09 August 2002 19:34 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Unsolicited Email > > > Nobody on this should list should read the SMTP headers. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Greg Deckler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 2:33 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Re: Unsolicited Email > > > > > > First, ignore the advice of reading the RFC's and headers. If an > > individual signed up for a web email service such as Hotmail > > or Yahoo! or > > brain.com.pk under false pretenses then you will have to contact the > > provider to see if they can help you track down the abuser. All the > > headers are going to tell you is that the email message came from an > > account on www.brain.com.pk which is pretty useless since you > > already know > > that. They should at least be able to disable the account for > > you and may > > have some information related to what computer was used to access that > > account. > > > > If the user had instead used the common SMTP hack to forge a > > From address, > > then the RFC's and headers would come into play. But > > depending on how they > > did the hack, you still would probably not be able to > > determine much if > > they did anything to help cover their tracks. > > > > As you have discovered, in the world of SMTP and free email > > services, it > > is extremely easy to forge the From address of an email and it is > > difficult, if not impossible to track this down if the person > > doing it has > > any amount of a brain what-so-ever. Tell your executives to > > deal because > > it is the nature of SMTP and the Internet. > > > > > Dear List, > > > > > > Today, our senior executive's received Illegal/unsolicited > > email with = > > > the name of one of our senior executive. His name was used > > on free web = > > > based email service (www.brain.com.pk). 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