Re: [O] [OT] List member's email cracked?

2016-09-20 Thread Adam Porter
Clément Pit--Claudel  writes:

> Do you have reasons to believe it was actually from that address?
> (email headers are very easy to spoof)

Yeah, this is known as a "joe-job."  Never trust any headers in spam
except the ones that come from your mail server.




Re: [O] [OT] List member's email cracked?

2016-09-20 Thread Clément Pit--Claudel
On 2016-09-20 05:07, Philip Hudson wrote:
> Bastien, assuming you're either still on the list or somebody knows 
> how to reach you, I just found I received a spam message 5 days ago 
> from what appears to be your account 'bastien.gue...@free.fr'

Do you have reasons to believe it was actually from that address? (email 
headers are very easy to spoof)

> which I'm guessing is at the French FSF.

:) Not quite. "Free" is just the name of a private telco in France. 




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