Well, I assumed that it's possible, but it's not as easy to reproduce as just to send spam throught an open relay. There must be deloyed special email software on high speed leased line with dedicated ip.
Although, you are right, there is no reason to trust Received: one hundred percents. Regards, Dmitri Elgin, http://imailzip.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sanford Whiteman Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 1:02 PM To: Dmitri Elgin Subject: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] Forwarding to AOL members - This is spam function > You mean that someone can wittingly forge the header content? In > principle, this is possible, but this is the real crime. I'm not > sure that this the best way to send spam. Anyone knows something > similar? Forged Received: headers have been used by spammers for years. [truncated] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
