I am stumped by some e-mails that are getting through to me but do not
seem to be addressed to me.
Here is the header from one such mail:
-----begin header-----
Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Received: from [207.236.148.106] (HELO vnet-srv-01.voloper.net) by
pecandeluxe.com (Stalker SMTP Server 1.8b9d14) with ESMTP id
S.0000020874; Wed, 14 Aug 2002 02:43:48 -0500
Received: from volo-test-01.voloper.com ([10.0.1.6]) by
vnet-srv-01.voloper.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Wed, 14
Aug 2002 03:43:02 -0400
Received: from smtp-gw-4.msn.com [80.18.36.121] by
volo-test-01.voloper.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.07 EVAL) id A9A34010E;
Wed, 14 Aug 2002 03:41:23 -0400
Message-ID: <00007c1c5270$00000245$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <Valued Customers>
From: "Blanche Mccutchen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Fw: Debt Solving Solution as promised SC
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 02:43:45 -1700
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Aug 2002 07:43:02.0677 (UTC)
FILETIME=[381A5450:01C24366]
-----end header-----
There is no "To" that I can see in this e-mail (other than "<Valued
Customers>"). Yet somehow, SIMS is receiving this and sending it to MY
mail account. Now I have seen similar headers that I can understand how
the mail is getting through:
-----begin header-----
Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Received: from [200.75.39.113] (HELO mindspring.com) by pecandeluxe.com
(Stalker SMTP Server 1.8b9d14) with SMTP id S.0000020727 for
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 14:16:32 -0500
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <034e55c08a6b$8558c4d7$8dc37bb4@lgauni>
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Subject: Web Sites For Only $499.00!
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 07:16:21 +1200
MiME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 118
Importance: Normal
-----end header-----
See, in this one, even though "To:" is blank, there is this line:
Received: from [200.75.39.113] (HELO mindspring.com) by
pecandeluxe.com (Stalker SMTP
Server 1.8b9d14) with SMTP id S.0000020727 for
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Tue, 13
Aug 2002
that makes sense. Somewhere in the message, there was a vaild address.
But how did SIMS know to send me the other? I have "Relay for clients
only" turned on and I have "Verify Return-path" turned on. I am not,
however, using any blacklists. I have the following statement in my
routings:
<unknown>=error;
Unknown is a valid account name, but it is not "enabled" (however, I did
notice that I left the "Can connect" box checked...). I used to route
mis-addressed mail to the "postmaster" account (for reasons lost in the
mists of time when e-mail was new). But I got so sick and tired of the
spam that I set up the routing above to "bounce" the mail back to the
sender.
Is there something else I am missing?
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| Doug Starkey |
| Network Administrator |
| Pecan Deluxe Candy Company |
| 2570 Lone Star Drive |
| Dallas, TX 75212-6308 |
| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
| voice: 214-631-3669 Ext. 108 |
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