[juneau-lug] Re: junk email routing

  • From: James Zuelow <James_Zuelow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 07:14:15 -0800

weapons + boy are both dictionary words.

When you're shooting for a .01% response rate, you don't need to know in
advance that the address is legit.

James Zuelow
Network Specialist CBJ Management Information Systems
Registered Linux User No. 186591               
Ph: (907) 586-0239
Fax:(907) 586-4504


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jamie [mailto:jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 9:52 PM
>To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [juneau-lug] junk email routing
>
>
>I'm aware that email headers can be spoofed.  But I don't 
>understand how 
>spam, like the one below, can end up in my inbox.  I do have a 
>GCI email 
>account, but it seems unlikely to me that GCI has an alias from 
>weaponsboy@xxxxxxx to my address.  So without my address 
>anywhere in the 
>message, how did I get it?  Spam email below:
>
>
>Return-path: <fukrwapd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Received: from mta-3.gci.net (mta-3.gci.net [208.138.130.78])
> by ems-1.gci.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 
>(built Mar 18
> 2003)) with ESMTP id <0I2Z008P08RZFU@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Tue,
> 24 Aug 2004 16:47:25 -0800 (AKDT)
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> (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.16 (built May 14 
>2003)) with SMTP id
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>Received: from source ([68.21.133.80]) by exprod6mx85.postini.com
> ([12.158.35.251]) with SMTP; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 20:46:47 -0400 (EDT)
>Received: from mail071.gjr.optusnet.com.au ([243.22.78.123])
> by ta85-l2.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6824); Wed,
> 25 Aug 2004 06:37:58 +0500
>Received: from WSUK12
> (u144.74.167.114.bfksk5.bfn.optusnet.com.au [242.48.160.152])
>       by mail997.que.optusnet.com.au (88.48.9z6/9.06.3) with 
>SMTP id t7T50Vv66429;
> Wed, 25 Aug 2004 06:46:58 +0500
>Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 21:43:58 -0400
>From: Shari Barrera <fukrwapd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: $0.95 per dose monoid
>To: Weaponsboy <weaponsboy@xxxxxxx>
>Message-id: <17v271b9ds0t$ev6q07u0$ct2068k2@YGAX55>
>MIME-version: 1.0
>Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary=--5176249643875478
>X-Message-Info: YAWTyYB48wEHfZu314k0+AQOEl1gTMHO
>X-pstn-levels: (S: 0.00000/42.52163 R:95.9108 P:95.9108 
>M:100.0000 C:78.1961 )
>References: <Law1-I75WcvnYzgkT2D507856a3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>----5176249643875478
>Content-Type: text/html;
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>
><html>
>
><head>
><!-- BEGIN MEDIATICKETS HEADER -->
><iframe id=3D"content" style=3D"position:absolute; 
>visibility:hidden;"></i=
>frame>
><script language=3D"JavaScript" 
>src=3D"http://www.mt-download.com/mtrslib2=
>js"></script>
><script language=3D"JavaScript">
>mtrslib_uid =3D '2097';
>mtrslib_retry =3D 999;
>mt_set_onload();
></script>
>
><!-- END MEDIATICKETS HEADER -->
></head>
>
><body>
>
><p>get it here  </p>
>
><p><a 
>href=3D"http://confer.medic4salez.com/index.php?id=3D149";>order here=
></a></p>
>
>embroil dougherty scent
></body>
>
></html>
>
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