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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: NegspectahDek on August 11, 2002, 11:00:03 pm

Title: Spam email
Post by: NegspectahDek on August 11, 2002, 11:00:03 pm

I have been getting spam from my what appears to be my own hotmail address.  I checked the routing and it looks genuine except for the fact then name displays the addy and not my name.  Has this ever happened to any of you?

Title: Spam email
Post by: demon442 on August 11, 2002, 11:08:21 pm

negitive...seems that somebody is using a spambot...good thing i dont have hotmail...

Title: Spam email
Post by: vadar_1 on August 11, 2002, 11:11:05 pm

When you send mail using a cgi, php, asp, etc program, you specify the senders address. Most mail programs, such as hotmail or yahoo!, obviously use the senders address as your own. However, if your using an external program, such as a bot, you can field the script to specify the reciepients email to match the outgoing address. Running a traceroute program on your own email addr isn't going to do anything. You need to look at the extended header information. Though, that can be changed too.

Title: Spam email
Post by: heretic on August 12, 2002, 01:22:36 am

however you can always tell even when the header is changed by researching any HELO commands

Title: Spam email
Post by: TheVirtu on August 12, 2002, 01:24:05 am

Meh, thats normal, its a new spam mail thing they use to make sure you cant reply to them and spam them to hell basically :) And to hide their real e-mail.

Title: Spam email
Post by: Midnight Mercenary on August 12, 2002, 01:29:10 am

there's a simple solution...don't use hotmail...