>-----Original Message----- >From: Dale Haman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 10:21 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: How to interpret rejected message > > >Forgive me if this is not the right list for this. I am fairly >new to SA >and linux email in general. My question is how to interpret a rejected >message like this section for instance: > >The mail originated from: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >According to the 'Received:' trace, the message originated at: > info.com (host-XX-XX-220-24.midco.net [24.220.XX.XX]) > >Which one did it actually come from? Hotmail or Midco.net? I have >received many of these with several different " The mail originated >from:" but the " According to the 'Received:' trace" is from the same >address. Do I believe the originated from or the trace? > >I am running the configuration from this site: >http://www.geocities.com/scottlhenderson/spamfilter.html > >postfix >amavisd-new >SpamAssassin (aka "SA") >Razor > > >Thanks for your help. >Dale
As a rule of thumb, I only trust the IP. Lookup the IP itself to see where it came from. Everything else could be junk. --Chris
