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 

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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.

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