That's what happened, Gordo.

Look at the source of the original post and it's obviously originating from
189.223.76.180 (Tijuana), despite the spoofed "From:" field. You can't spoof the
originating IP, because it's added by the first relay, not by the original
poster.

-- 
Rexx


> On 22 August 2017 at 17:15 Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 22/08/17 11:54, Rex X wrote:
> > It's just as likely that his email address has been "harvested" by automated
> > programs scanning publicly available email archives, and Ewan also displays
> > his
> > email address in clear text on his Wikipedia user page, which I would
> > recommend
> > against as well.
> 
> It is possible to *munge* the sender's address in Mailman.
> 
> The from field would then look like this:
> 
> FROM: A. N. Other via WMUK (wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org).
> 
> Gordo
> 
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