On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 12:11:32PM +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 17:30:18 -0800 (PST), Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > > > I received a similar one. Due to the forged headers, I reported it as spam > > to attbi.com, although I'm not sure what the purpose of the spam could > > have been unless the DNS or web site for Red Hat has been hijacked. > > Same here. My assumption was that it is an e-mail to test whether > delivery to my address works and that someone hoped I would not > examine it. I didn't see any legal reason for anyone to send me a > message like that without specifying a valid reply address in the > From-field. And I must assume that the Return-Path was left in there > accidentally.
No, the return path was left in so the not-clueless could see who it was really from. Those who generally can't figure out how to unsubscribe despite fairly clear instructions on every email from the list might be frustrated enough, or clueless enough, or spammers enough to attempt to misuse or abuse the real email address. -- Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" copyright 2003. Use is restricted. Any use is an acceptance of the offer at http://users.rcn.com/jkinz/policy.html. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
