On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Edward Dekkers wrote:
> ___SNIP_____
> From: edodd1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ___SNIP_____
>
> dekkers.com is an INTERNAL name I give my domain. It should not be
> resolvable externally. All outgoing mail is masqueraded as coming from the
> resolvable tripled.iinet.net.au.
>
> Yet this spam seems to come from it? Or does my server append it for some
> reason?
Yeah... Mail servers usually complete headers that are not complete. So,
if you were sent mail with a 'From' line like:
From: edodd1 <edodd1g2v2k2>
then, your mail server might complete it by adding its own local hostname.
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