I thought it may be of interest that AT&T is using tmda to confirm e-mail addresses sent to their [EMAIL PROTECTED] email address. Personally, I don't use confirm addresses going to my postmaster & abuse accounts and have never received spam going to either of those addresses. Is this an a-typical setup for TMDA usage?
Niles
<< IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR MESSAGE TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>
Your report (attached below) will not be delivered until you verify your
e-mail address by replying to this message. Due to the tremendous amount
of spam, viruses, and worms currently circulating via e-mail, we have found
it necessary to protect our business e-mail system with a confirmation
process that verifies incoming correspondence as legitimate.
Confirmation of your e-mail address with the AT&T Abuse Desk is a one-time
process per sending e-mail address. Once you have confirmed (by simply
replying to this e-mail) you will be automatically white-listed for all
future correspondence you send to AT&T's Abuse Desk from your confirmed
e-mail address. If in the future you choose to contact us from a different
e-mail address, you will need to go through the process again for that new
address.
To confirm that you did send the message below, simply reply to this e-mail,
sending back the contents of this message. You do not need to add or edit
anything.
If you did not send the e-mail below, it is possible that your e-mail address
was forged by a spammer; in order to hide their identity, spammers will often
randomly select an e-mail address from their lists and insert it in the
"From" and/or "Reply To" fields. If so, you can safely ignore this message
and may disregard the confirmation process described above.
We appreciate your cooperation.
AT&T Internet Investigations and Security Services Team
For your reference, the original e-mail you sent is attached below.
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