+++ Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. [linux-india] <03/03/02 15:31 +0530>:
> sorry for this OT mail but I really am puzzled as to how I have recieved
> this particular mail which is supposed to have  been sent by myself !!! How
> do they manage to get *my* email address in the From: header ?

Yet another stupid spammer trick.   From: address is trivial to forge - for
example, you set

my_hdr From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

in mutt ... that doesnt make you Bush ;)

What this idiot is doing is simple ... 

for i in `big list of addresses he pulled out of his a**`
do
send mail with a forged from $i to $i
done

> it is an ad for travel and tourism and also sports these URLs: along with
> the now seemingly catchall reference to some US bill on spam.

S1618 is bullshit - and does not exist.  http://www.cauce.org lists a lot of
the bogus bills spammers quote - and discusses real bills - if you are
interested.

>    1. mailto:E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>    2. http://www.tourisminindia.net/
>    3. http://www.worldwide-tours.net/

All downstream of hopone.net / superb.net - mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with full
headers of this spam.

And let me know the result - they have been my webhost (for kcircle.com) for
over 4 years.  As their service has been going to the dogs lately, I guess
I'll be looking for a new webhost real soon, if they have also become
careless about spam.

        -srs
-- 
Suresh Ramasubramanian  <---->  mallet <at> efn dot org
EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin
[Linux One Stanza Tip]  From : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
LOST #086        -**< Sub : HTML Mails :( >**-
Using plain text mails is a better idea. Especially on mailing 
lists. These are readable by all, whereas HTML mail may not ..
Besides, they are smaller in size (bandwidth), with  less risk
of script nuisance.

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