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From:	Mark Himsley <mark AT mdsh DOT com>
To:	Jim Richardson <treyvan AT wtfo-guru DOT com>
Cc:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: I've been spoofed!!!
Date:	Tue, 11 Dec 2001 12:35:42 +0000
Message-ID:	<a7vb1usj8ec5oel8c285dafgngp9rqta0i@4ax.com>
References:	<826 DOT 711394 DOT 516964 AT MIKE DOT rochester DOT com> <1008073153 DOT 1673 DOT 1 DOT camel AT athon>
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On 11 Dec 2001 06:19:13 -0600 you wrote:

>I can assure there is no Mike with an email address in my domain. And my
>mail agent doesn't relay, so how and why would this spammer spoof my
>domain name?

The From address was set to just 'Mike' and your email server, which is
setup to comply with RFC's, put your domain on the end. My copy of the email
had my email servers domain put on the end. This is standard for email
servers and not something for the cygwin list.

-- 
Mark Himsley
In Acton

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