On Thu, 7 May 2009, Marc Perkel wrote: > Granted that a spammer could forge received headers. Most don't.
It is still not uncommon, although in these days of compromised hosts masquerading as bots, it is less necessary. > If a spammer is forging received lines that might be detectable if they > don't do a good job of it. They just need to do a "good enough" job to throw the more naive investigator off the scent. Reasonably seasoned investigators can easily spot header forgery, however. Jethro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jethro R Binks Computing Officer, IT Services, University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
