Message-ID:	<01FD6EC775C6D4119CDF0090273F74A4FD6829@emwatent02.meters.com.au>
From:	"da Silva, Joe" <Joe DOT daSilva AT emailmetering DOT com>
To:	"'opendos AT delorie DOT com'" <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	RE: Remove Me
Date:	Thu, 22 Aug 2002 12:43:18 +1000
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Reply-To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com

Yes, but you don't really know the point at which the message
entered the 'net, do you? Well, at least I don't.

Joe.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	shadow AT krypton DOT rain DOT com [SMTP:shadow AT krypton DOT rain DOT com]
> Sent:	Thursday, August 22, 2002 11:45 AM
> To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
> Subject:	Re: Remove Me
> 
> In mail you write:
> 
> > OK, good to have you still with us.
> >
> > One comment though - you mention "the guy at aol". Please note
> > that invariably the apparent e-mail address of a sp*mmer is fake,
> > so if it seems to be from AOL, it invariably isn't.
> >
> > Also a comment on Matthias' comment about the tracking (header)
> > information included in sp*m e-mail and looking at this to see where
> > it originated. Again this is usually fake. What may look to be the
> > original route of the message is usually a "work of fiction".
> 
> True, but the received lines from the point at which the message
> entered the Internet *are* valid. So if nothing else, you can use them
> to track down open relays and the like.
> 
> -- 
> Leonard Erickson (aka shadow{G})
>  shadow AT krypton DOT rain DOT com        <--preferred
> leonard AT qiclab DOT scn DOT rain DOT com     <--last resort

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