Misdelivered messages

[Paul Engle]

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- --On Wednesday, May 23, 2007 09:37:59 AM -0400 Dana Canfield 
<canfield at uindy.edu> wrote:

> In the past week or so, we've had trouble with spam being delivered to
> the wrong recipients.  It's difficult to explain, so I'll use an example:
>
> Does anyone have any clue what might be going on here?
>
> Thanks
> DC


The To: header is as easily forged as the From: header in a message. It 
could be that, or the spammers could be simply using BCC.  We're seeing 
more of this as well.

  -paul

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Paul D. Engle                | Rice University
Sr. Systems Administrator    | Information Technology - MS119
(713) 348-4702               | P.O. Box 1892
pengle at rice.edu              | Houston, TX 77251-1892
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