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

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Sun May 16 2004 - 17:41:13 EDT


On Sun, 16 May 2004, Paul M Foster wrote:

> 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.

I understand that; it's commonly done that what the "To:" header says and
who actually receives it are different. How far down are the "Received:"
headers accurate? flmx01.mgw.rr.com appears on legitimate mail, so it's
most likely valid.

-- 
-eben    ebQenW1@EtaRmpTabYayU.rIr.OcoPm    home.tampabay.rr.com/hactar
                  "God does not play dice" -- Einstein
          "Not only does God play dice, he sometimes throws
          them where they can't be seen." -- Stephen Hawking

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