In the original post Erik Sojka wrote: 1) spammer sends out messages appearing to come from "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 2) many many many recipients do not exist 3) receiving mail systems send the NDR bounce to the perceived sender "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 4) ??? 5) profit!
The #4 and #5 items were from a bit from the TV show South Park. The next post from Eric Fretz, said "You obviously read Slashdot.org." That saying from South Park has been making the rounds on there lately. You responded with the "You don't have to read slashdot to know that" reply. I was just clearing that up. No I don't think it's fun that spammers are forging FROM address, but what are you going to expect from a 20+ year old protocol that wasn't designed to verify who the sender is? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of B. van Ouwerkerk Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 12:13 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: TONS of NDR's You've lost me. The only South Park I ever heard of is a comedy. I hope you don't find it fun that ppl are getting NDR's because spammers feel like forging the FROM. B. At 23:56 21-12-2003 -0800, you wrote: >For those wondering. It's actually from South Park Season 3. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
