Sunday, June 23, 2002, 9:11:06 PM, you wrote:
JA> Hi Lynn,
JA> On Sun, 23 Jun 2002 21:00:08 -0700, you wrote:
>> Thanks ..
>>
>> Is there any way, apart from intuitive deduction, to
>> identify which information is forged, and which genuine?
JA> Take a quick look at the headers... some (helpful) mail servers put in "may be
JA> forged" headers along with the details.
[snip]
JA> Notice the line says it's from caramail.com, then has
JA> the real host details of a dial up connection in the
JA> brackets... clearly the spammer attempted to forge the
JA> header, but the mail server pointed it out. But apart
JA> from actually sitting there, and processing them, no
JA> real quick way. I guess you could submit it to
JA> spamcop, and get spamcop to do all the header
JA> processing for you, and when you have the details,
JA> cancel the report... just an idea ;)
OK .. if my friend's harassment problem persists, I may do
one of those things. It's always nice to have
alternatives, and I'm an info junkie anyway.
Thanks!
Lynn
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