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| Thread ID: 35807 | 2003-07-22 05:43:00 | sending myself spam! | hasco (2698) | Press F1 |
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| 161946 | 2003-07-22 05:43:00 | True I am my own spammer! I go to check my mail this morning and mailwasher shows 3 mails from my own address to myself.The topics are the usual @#$%.If iclick on the preview it just says that the message is in html,therefore i can't read it anyway.So i hit delete. Now this has got to be the ultimate weapon for the spanners! How do they manage to do this and has anyone else had this happen? Rick |
hasco (2698) | ||
| 161947 | 2003-07-22 06:01:00 | If you look at the details of the message headers you will probably find where it originated from and it just had your address in the From field | Jim B (153) | ||
| 161948 | 2003-07-22 06:07:00 | > How do they manage to do this It is very easy, all they do is fake header info e.g. the mail server which the mail is coming from & who is sending it, & there you go, You have Spam coming from your self with out sending it your self :D I Hope this answer your question :) >and has anyone else had > this happen? This has not happened to me yet, but I know one or two people have made post about this happing. |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 161949 | 2003-07-22 06:53:00 | Why do they bother?I mean i've just set up mailwasher to mark for deletion any mail showing my moniker in the from field. I absolutely never have nor ever will open spam in O/E and if these guys could think of a better way to p.... people off,well i doubt it. So again what is the point ? And i'm normally against the death penalty :-) Rick |
hasco (2698) | ||
| 161950 | 2003-07-22 12:59:00 | Question If I spam myself enough times, will I get rich. |
Craigb (688) | ||
| 161951 | 2003-07-22 13:02:00 | ...or will I end up abusing myself. | Craigb (688) | ||
| 161952 | 2003-07-22 13:05:00 | > Question > > If I spam myself enough times, will I get rich. Only if you buy enough of whatever it is your selling. (in not even gonna touch the subject of what happens after ya take 8000000 penis enlarging pills,then hit the pavement armed with 480000 collage diplomas,789998787 credit cards and 233556 spycams.....) |
metla (154) | ||
| 161953 | 2003-07-23 06:10:00 | The point is (supposedly) that for every 1000 spams, 15 idiots are going to believe what's for sale and reply. The cynical view, OTOH, is that a proportion of spam has no real point, and is just there to p... people off and lower the signal-to-noise ratio on the internet; which works to the advantage of all sorts of people from Luddites to opponents of transborder free speech to Govt-owned companies still trying to make a buck out of paper mail :-) And yes; I've had spam "from myself" too, and even more from rubbish-name@my-isp.net; I said to my-isp, "what about checking the From: address in these emails against your list of legitimate customers? They said they had plans in train to do just that; but I haven't seen it happen yet. And I wouldn't want them to take out every mail I send to myself, as I feel the need to do the occasional test when the flow of mail (even the spam) dries up, and I suspect their server has fallen over. Argus |
argus (366) | ||
| 161954 | 2003-07-23 08:09:00 | Depends on whether you're into self abuse I suppose Craig. A little bit never hurt nobody! (: |
Mohammad Al-Sahaf (4008) | ||
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