Gary, et al -
Mail servers have gotten a lot less permissive about spoofing... for
example, while I could fiddle my "From:" field in my mail header, to
look as if it came "From:[email protected]", my SMPT server
would consider that "mail forwarding" and unless (in an unlikely case)
my ISP had a deal with whomever hosts your ISP to provide SMTP or
mail-forwarding services, it would just bounce it back at me.
The way I find most spam like this gets generated seems to be people
whose accounts on large servers (e.g. yahoo) get hacked. And
(apparently) someone (probably using an automated tool) is connecting to
the yahoo SMTP server and sending mail *AS IF and IN ALL WAYS* it had
come from Dena or Ghellier for example.
I get this kind of stuff (seeming to come from SOMEONE I know) at least
weekly... whether to a large "to" list or to a mail reflector such as
SFX_Discuss or FRIAM.
It just seems to be part of the territory. It is usually so lame and
obvious it is easy to ignore.
- Steve
I got one of the two that you received. I've never understood how (or
if) "only subscribers can post" lists can work. Can anyone post if the
"From:" header of their email is a valid user? That would be super
easy to spoof. In the case of the two spam messages, how would that
apply? I.e. are [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> and
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> members of the list?
On Jun 17, 2013, at 11:08 PM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I've gotten two spam emails that may have come from hacked email
accounts.
Anyone else get similar ones?
-- Owen
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: *John Hellier* <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
Date: Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 3:45 PM
Subject: FW: John Hellier
To: cjungm <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>, Dad
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>, Owen
Densmore <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>, Eli
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>, ewhitmore
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
hello! http://ns2.rxmedicalweb.com/qxiswhwq/esg/wczrt/ynmu.html
John Hellier
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: *Dena Aquilina*<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
Date: Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 8:55 PM
Subject: [sfx: Discuss] RE: Dena Aquilina
To: discuss lists <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>, Don Begley
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>, Dorothy
Massey <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>, Drew Trujillo
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>, Ed Angel
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
Hello!
http://swf-siegen.de/nbsquh/gmeuo/lrahk/jdx.html?krp=zez
Dena Aquilina
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