More about spam

[Gary]

Hi Alma,

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 13:13:15 -0600 UTC (12/29/2003, 1:13 PM -0600 UTC my
time), Alma J Wetzker wrote:

A> I get several of these from my comcast address.  I am assuming that someone
A> has been using my email address as a "From" when they send out the spam.  What
A> this means is that many people think that I am a spammer and messages from my
A> address will automagically get sent to /dev/null.  I have not been able to
A> find any remedies.

What you are seeing is a null envelope sender, which has no From... This is
provided in the SMTP RCF... It is needed for bounces, e.g. wrong address,
misspelled address, etc. Unfortunately, some spammers use it to send mail,
and a heck of a lot of them come from Comcast. <g>

This spammer,

Received: from dario-2zhla9qb1 (168-226-177-91.speedy.com.ar[168.226.177.91]
> (untrusted sender))

sent out a bunch of spam yesterday, and was blocked by spamcop and other
RBLs, including my own <g>

--
Gary

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