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re: mad cow susan trying to get me the sack

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pidunk 09:55 am UTC 06/13/07
In reply to: re: mad cow susan trying to get me the sack - angie 09:44 am UTC 06/13/07



> You were right to advise lotus_nz to look at the raw
> headers of the email. It might give a hint as to where it
> really came from. One thing that's notable is that a
> person can send an email from *any address*. Any person
> can send an email with a "From:" address of anyone they
> like. I could send an email with a "From:" address of
> jim@jimsteinman.com or pidunk@gmail.com or whoever. The
> email would still go out, be received, I just wouldn't be
> able to find out what the replies were.
>
> So this pidunk@gmail.com might not even have that email
> address!


You are absolutely right, Angie. Some wap services give you the ability to send email from any address, I have seen back in the year 2000. But the headers always show its true origins.


>
> But they probably do. It's easier.
>
> I reckon it's a friend of lotus_nz that's playing a
> prank...


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