Hello Lynn, Friday, December 12, 2003, 7:51:49 PM, you wrote:
L> Hi all - L> I know this has been covered ad nauseam, but I can't find L> out what I want to know, so am asking again. L> I know there's a switch that will let me attach an email L> with full headers so I can send it, say, to an isp to let L> him know one of his members is generating spam. I should caution you that the "From:" header is almost never the person who is sending the spam. I often see this pattern in spam: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] and so forth. For example, I received a spam with the "From:" line: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] where they are clearly taking the first part of my address and adding that to "@stockscenter.net" since the spam was about buying stocks. The spam actually says "Visit our web site @______" since they don't want you to use e-mail to communicate with them, since none of the e-mail addresses are theirs. Even the first "Received from" header's IP address can just be a relay point. Trying to report spammers doesn't work - they just move somewhere else. Spammers send spam because some people buy the stuff, and as long as that continues, so will they. Only two things work - the less effective one is using spam software to filter your mail and then delete the spam after scanning the titles/senders for real e-mails. The only effective one is changing your e-mail address, and then not using it on the web or in newsgroups. -- Cheers, Ken Using The Bat! v2.02.3 CE on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.02.3 CE | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
