On Friday 24 March 2006 23:20, Frank Pithers wrote:
| I wish you would stop sending me Drugs offers by email.
And I wish you would get a clue about how email works and realize that
spammers have obviously been using this mailing list email as the "return"
address on spam. This is a "feature" of all email- you can make any email
look like it is sent from anyone you want. Spammers use this technique all
the time.
For example, if they wanted, spammers could send out thousands of
emails that appeared to come from YOUR email account. Does that mean that
the spam came from you? Of course not.
This is a mailing list for a group of people running the Linux operating
system on HP/Compaq handheld computers. We are not sending out spam, and you
are not subscribed to this list.
There is nothing anyone can do to prevent a spammer from co-opting
their address. Welcome to the reality of email. I suggest you get and
install a spam filter.
Remember- spam *never* appears to come from its true source. Spammers
*always* spoof the return address so that it appears to come from somewhere
else.
Good Luck,
-Ted Kisner
Received on Sat Mar 25 2006 - 13:56:48 EST
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