[100307] in RedHat Linux List
RE: SPAM headers.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Molina)
Thu Nov 19 17:52:57 1998
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 16:51:25 -0600 (EST)
From: Thomas Molina <tmolina@probe.net>
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My solution to this problem is sending anything with a ! or the word
free in the subject line to /dev/null. I also block to/from "friend",
and "nobody". This is after all the recipes for my mailing lists.
Those I distribute using the X-Loop header line. Everything else goes
to a junk folder where I can decide what to do with it. I'm not
troubled much by spam.
On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Soffen, Matthew wrote:
> What happens if someone BCC's you a copy of a letter ? Or it is sent to
> some mail alias that points to you ?
> It is "difficult" to block based on the To: address because you run the
> risk the possibility of trashing real mail.
>
> > ----------
> > From: Ramon Gandia[SMTP:rfg@nook.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 1:06 AM
> > To: redhat-list@redhat.com
> > Subject: SPAM headers.
> >
> > I got a spam mail, and it looked like this on my Email
> > screen:
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > Subject: YOUR FREE STEALTH MAILER IS WAITING !!!
> > Date: Tue, 17 Nov 98 10:35:45 EST
> > From: millenieum_69@mailexcited.com
> > Reply-To: Reply-To:everyone_1964@mailexcited.com
> > To: makemoneyfromhome@everywhere.com
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