Re: [SLUG] just received genuine spam on this list

From: Paul M Foster (paulf@quillandmouse.com)
Date: Sun May 16 2004 - 17:14:21 EDT


On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 07:25:34PM -0400, Eben King wrote:

> Here are the headers:
>
> Return-Path: <owner-slug-track29@slug-list-00.nks.net>
> Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])
> by pc.tampabay.rr.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id i4FNN4Xh018236
> for <eben@localhost>; Sat, 15 May 2004 19:23:04 -0400
> Received: from pop-server.tampabay.rr.com [65.32.5.45]
> by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.9.0)
> for eben@localhost (single-drop); Sat, 15 May 2004 19:23:04 -0400
> (EDT)
> Received: from ms-mta-02 (ms-mta-02-smtp [10.10.4.6])
> by ms-mss-01.tampabay.rr.com
> (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003))
> with ESMTP id <0HXS00F3Z1QF4H@ms-mss-01.tampabay.rr.com>; Sat,
> 15 May 2004 18:42:16 -0400 (EDT)
> Received: from flmx01.mgw.rr.com (flmx01.mgw.rr.com [65.32.1.38])
> by ms-mta-02.tampabay.rr.com
> (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003))
> with ESMTP id <0HXS005UO1QFAX@ms-mta-02.tampabay.rr.com>; Sat,
> 15 May 2004 18:42:15 -0400 (EDT)
> Received: from slug-list-00.nks.net (slug-list-00.nks.net [24.73.115.205])
> by flmx01.mgw.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i4FMg8fV016767;
> Sat,
> 15 May 2004 18:42:08 -0400 (EDT)
> Received: from n2now967.com ([195.166.237.40])
> by slug-list-00.nks.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5.1) with SMTP id
> i4FMTAmR020555
> for <slug-track29@slug-list-00.nks.net>; Sat, 15 May 2004 18:29:13
> -0400
> Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 15:31:00 -0700
> From: MRS MARY TAYLOR <marytaylor09@yahoo.com>
> Subject: urgent
> To: slug-track29@slug-list-00.nks.net
> Reply-to: marytaylor09@yahoo.com
> Message-id: <200405152229.i4FMTAmR020555@slug-list-00.nks.net>
> MIME-version: 1.0
> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6900 DM
> Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
> X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by pc.tampabay.rr.com
> id i4FNN4Xh018236

This is a case where what _looks_ real isn't. Most of the addresses here
are spoofed. Although the "To:" header says one thing, the envelope
header is something else, which is why it got to you, but not to the
list in general.

It's a case of harvesting and spoofing.

Paul

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