On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 10:59:13PM -0400, Frank Roberts - SOTL wrote:
> Hi All
>
> My system routing knowledge is practically nill so could somebody please
> explain how this spammer is routing trash to me while he is showing a routing
> address of to as sougias1@earthlink.net
>
> Thanks
> Frank
>
>
> Status: R
> Return-Path: <andyharms@aol.com>
> Received: from aol.com ([61.254.166.234])
> by kite (EarthLink SMTP Server) with SMTP id 19vI0t5wM3NZFkD0
> Thu, 26 Jun 2003 18:24:48 -0700 (PDT)
> Received: from 21.79.152.158 ([21.79.152.158]) by rly04.hottestmile.com with
> SMTP; Thu, 26 Jun 2003 07:24:56 +0500
> Received: from unknown (82.77.228.35)
> by relay-x.misswldrs.com with QMQP; Thu, 26 Jun 2003 12:16:13 +0900
> Received: from 205.246.58.111 ([205.246.58.111]) by qnx.mdrost.com with SMTP;
> Thu, 26 Jun 2003 21:07:30 +0400
> Message-ID: <1dc001c33c43$1733ec20$a71ce25b@ocfuf>
> Reply-To: "Andy Harms" <andyharms@aol.com>
> From: "Andy Harms" <andyharms@aol.com>
> To: sougias1@earthlink.net
It's called "spoofing". Aside from BCCing you a copy, there is also the
issue of the _envelope_. Like snail mail letters, email has an envelope.
The "To" you see in the header may have little to do with the actual
recipient on the envelope. But the email itself is routed in accordance
with the envelope.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong on this.
Paul
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