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I just got a piece of spam from myself. It was sent from my address to "undisclosed recipients." It has "freekee" in the subject line. It was advertising "America's #1 Rated Computer Certification Training Provider".
How the hell did they do that?
How the hell did they do that?
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Date: 2002-07-02 08:47 pm (UTC)From:Why I would send a credit card application to myself is beyond me.
mmm...
Date: 2002-07-02 11:04 pm (UTC)From:Irritating though!
Hi!
You don't know me... just surfed into your post!
(Please don't mind!!)
Re: mmm...
Date: 2002-07-03 06:56 am (UTC)From:Re: mmm...
Date: 2002-07-04 06:27 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2002-07-03 05:44 am (UTC)From:"J" <banana@livejournal.com>
and it will just show the J part. Obviously if I send you mail, I can put whatever name I like in.
(b) The sender just faked your e-mail address as the sender's address. If you're using a mail client (e.g. Outlook rather than Hotmail), you have to specify your own e-mail address to appear in the "from" line because the software has no way of knowing. So, you can put in whatever you like.
(c) If you're a dedicated spammer, read up on SMTP and talk directly to your outbound mail server, then you can specify a different "from" address on each piece of spam.
So, e-mail addresses shouldn't be relied on.
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Date: 2002-07-03 06:53 am (UTC)From:Maybe I'll forward it to you, so you can see it.
It's not like I'm really worried about it, it's just odd and I'm curious.
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Date: 2002-07-03 07:03 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2002-07-03 11:20 am (UTC)From:I use a mail client (Juno, obviously), and to access it from the 'net screws with my mail viewing, so I only access it at home. I suppose I could bring the client here too, but I haven't so I only get my home mail at home, and my work mail at work.