[TheForge] qth.net bake sale?

[Jerry Frost]

----- Original Message -----
From: <Bill245@aol.com>
To: <theforge@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] qth.net bake sale?



>
> The From: field in spam is invariably forged, whether it's posted to a
list,
> or sent directly. They could make it look like it came from
> frosty@customcpu.com if they wanted to. Hell, if I were sending from
Outlook,
> I could make *this* look like it came from frosty@customcpu.com. If you're
> blocking based on the From: line, you're almost certainly blaming the
wrong
> ISPs. You need to look at the Received: lines in the header to determine
the
> real source, and I'm unaware of any email clients with Rules that'll do
that.
>
> I've been tracking spam to this address since 1/98 (allemanse.com/fight),
and
> as of this writing, Yahoo isn't even included among almost 1100 separate
> legitimately responsible ISPs. But there's no question many spammers have
> tried to make it look otherwise. And again, for lists, configure them as
> private so spammers can't find them in the directory, and make sure your
> marketing preferences are set appropriately.
>
>
>    Bill Alleman
>    Tavern Village Forge
>    Weare, NH

As a matter of fact, I do get plenty of spam with my own address in the from
line. I guess it's why my ISP computer geek buddies haven't blocked more,
they did say they were trying to figure out just how to go about it. <sigh>

Sure wish I could E-mail a fast moving hammer in reply.

Frosty
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