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On 05/11/2010 07:40 PM, Frank Bax wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:BLU0-SMTP2333D306B7A56003BAEF67ACFA0@phx.gbl"
type="cite">David McGlone wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><quote>"Hi David,
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I'm having issues with Linux...I think I have a virus...
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I have received 3 notices from Roadrunner in the past 3 months telling
me spam is being sent from my email address. </blockquote>
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Is this legit? I think an ISP <b class="moz-txt-star"><span
class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>might<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b>
contact a customer if the customers <b class="moz-txt-star"><span
class="moz-txt-tag">*</span>computer<span class="moz-txt-tag">*</span></b>
was suspected of sending spam; but not because the customers email
address was found in the "from" field of spam!! Spammers have always
harvested email addresses; then placed one email from their database in
the "to" field and another in the "from" field. This way, if the "to"
email bounces; they have a chance to target "from"
email address when the message bounces.
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I suggest she contact RR via telephone to confirm notices.
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EXCELLENT idea!! The other, that I didn't send to David and SHOULD
have.....sorry buddy, is that I've had FALSE claims of SPAM from <br>
BOTH RR AND my ISP. RR is my provider, but NOT my mail provider, who I
have at no cost, due to my doing tech. support for him - Linux users.
In ALL cases, the mail looked legit, but WASN'T!! All the sender was
looking for was personal info. Now, all I did was to check the FULL
HEADERS to know where the mail was coming from, and if that didn't tell
me all I needed to know, I did a traceroute to find the ISP that the
hairbag sent it from. Then, I notified RR or lightlink of my findings,
including the piece of mail with full headers.<br>
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I'd bet you're correct, and the mail she rec'd ISN'T from RR at
all....it's PHONY!<br>
<br>
Fred<br>
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"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people,
except for a few public officials." -- George Mason
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