Excellent places to get info on how to read headers and what to do with spam to stop it at the source:
http://abuse.net/ http://www.cauce.org/about/resources.shtml These two sites have great info and links for spam fighting. If you contact an ISP administrator to report spam, it's important that you obtain the full source headers. Mail programs usually give a short four-line header, but full source headers will be several times this length. You can see full headers by following these steps: 1. Open the message while offline. 2. While viewing the message, select from the View menu: "Source" or "View Source" or "Page Source" or "Show Headers." (Different mail apps call it different things) 3. *Copy and paste* (do not Forward) the text from the Page Source window into a new message. 4. Send the message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and to the administrator of the source domain, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Al Poulin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have just received an e-mail which I think is SPAM. I disconnected my > ethernet cable from the modem and opened the e-mail. There is no text in > the body of the message, just eight boxes will little icons representing > HTML. Then I opened the message header and saw the text copied below. > > I know there is some header info that verifies the mail is SPAM. What does > one look for? Are those indicators here? COPY OF HEADER BELOW: Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from mx1.mxhs04.net ([4.78.193.101]) by lakermmtai07.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.03.04 201-2131-111-106-20040729) with SMTP id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 18:09:18 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 15:12:29 -0800 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-HSID: 122620936 Rot: From: "Testers Needed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Free Apple 17" iMac G5 Desktop - Find out how! END COPY Thanks for some education. -- Al Poulin Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God, proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
