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Re: Fwd: YOUR PAYPAL.COM ACCOUNT EXPIRES
From: Paul Russell <prussell () nd edu>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 15:49:10 -0500
Rachael Treu wrote:
Agreed, but I still forward to yahoo.com to make them aware, as they're likely to receive complaints from folks that briefly parse the headers. Then again, I'm a security engineer for a provider that is frequently deluged by such clamoring, so that, indeed, might be just me... ;)
As an email administrator, when I receive a spam complaint for a piece of dreck that obviously did not originate from our network or pass through our servers, I think "this doofus can't read headers", and I usually send a polite note explaining that sender addresses can be forged and that the recipient ought to send the complaint to someone who is actually in a position to do something about it. Except when the sender explicitly says "I can read headers, but have arrogantly decided that you ought to see this anyway, because I'm sure you don't haveenough real problems to deal with", in which case I think "this doofus needs a dose of reality". Unfortunately, I'm not in a position to do anything about
that, either, so I just hit delete. But then, it might just be me. -- Paul Russell _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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- Fwd: YOUR PAYPAL.COM ACCOUNT EXPIRES Larry Hand (Nov 13)
- Re: Fwd: YOUR PAYPAL.COM ACCOUNT EXPIRES Rachael Treu (Nov 13)
- Re: Fwd: YOUR PAYPAL.COM ACCOUNT EXPIRES Irwan Hadi (Nov 14)
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