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This isn't a direct
response to your question. However one
solution to unsolicited e-mail is to use an e-mail
"pre-screen" program like "MailWasher" (link below).
MailWaster allows you to pre-screen your e-mail by reading the e-mail off your
e-mail server but leaving it there. You can even read the e-mail and
decide whether to bounce it, since attachments aren't shown or
loaded.
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<SPAN
class=944075922-04072002><FONT face=Arial
size=2><FONT
face=Arial size=2>However most people who
receive Spam are convinced all the Spam e-mail they receive has invalid return
addresses.
<SPAN
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class=944075922-04072002><FONT face=Arial
size=2><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Instead I found that
although<SPAN
class=944075922-04072002> many Spam e-mail return addresses are
invalid, occasionally I got a legitimate return address that I could
bounce. Perhaps Spam operators don't want a lot of undeliverable e-mail
tipping off their
operation.
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size=2><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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<SPAN
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size=2><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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size=2><SPAN
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class=944075922-04072002><FONT face=Arial
size=2><FONT
face=Arial size=2>I was very surprised how
quickly Spam operators removed me from their Spam lists once they
received one or two bounced
e-mails.
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size=2><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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size=2><SPAN
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size=2><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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<SPAN
class=944075922-04072002>You need only screen those e-mail accounts that have
unsolicited e-mail. <SPAN
class=842332122-04072002><SPAN
class=944075922-04072002><SPAN
class=944075922-04072002> To bounce Spam e-mail, <FONT face=Arial
size=2>MailWasher
must be always be run before you download those e-mail accounts into your
e-mail program. <FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
class=944075922-04072002>It's a rather cumbersome program to operate, however
it's free. I believe the author even said he plans to add
prescreening of web-only e-mail
accounts.
<SPAN
class=944075922-04072002><SPAN
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size=2><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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<SPAN
class=944075922-04072002><SPAN
class=842332122-04072002>MailWaster also provides
filter rules to mark certain e-mails as legitimate, or to bounced. For
example since I was getting Spam e-mail on my e-mail address for Yahoo groups I
had a lot of e-mail to screen.
<SPAN
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class=842332122-04072002><SPAN
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<SPAN
class=944075922-04072002><SPAN
class=842332122-04072002>However I set up a rule
to mark all e-mail from Yahoo groups as legitimate. Then I sorted on
"Filter status" and suspicious e-mails appeared as unfiltered, and so may need
to be bounced. <SPAN
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"MailWasher"
is a free e-mail screener <SPAN
class=944075922-04072002>at:
<A
href="http://www.mailwasher.net/";><A
href="http://www.mailwasher.net";>http://www.mailwasher.net
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-----Original Message-----From: Adam
Hefner [mailto:vonhef@xxxxxxxxxxxx]Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002
10:14 AMTo: realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [RT] Off
Topic (Tracking e-mail sources)
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid">
Is there a way to track the source of e-mails? I
believe I may be targeted by an individual sending me a virus and inserting a
bogus return address and / or sender.
This has happened many times and the last two
return address is from "clydelee <<A
href="mailto:clydelee@xxxxxxxxxx";>clydelee@xxxxxxxxxx>" and "ted <<A
href="mailto:ted@xxxxxxxxxxx";>ted@xxxxxxxxxxx>" but many have been non
deliverable addresses. I have the complete tracking details of some of these
attacks, but am unsure how to read them.
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid">
<FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Adam Hefner
[mailto:vonhef@xxxxxxxxxxxx]Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 10:14
AMTo: realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [RT] Off Topic
(Tracking e-mail sources)
Is there a way to track the source of e-mails? I
believe I may be targeted by an individual sending me a virus and inserting a
bogus return address and / or sender.
This has happened many times and the last two
return address is from "clydelee <<A
href="mailto:clydelee@xxxxxxxxxx";>clydelee@xxxxxxxxxx>" and "ted <<A
href="mailto:ted@xxxxxxxxxxx";>ted@xxxxxxxxxxx>" but many have been non
deliverable addresses. I have the complete tracking details of some of these
attacks, but am unsure how to read them.
Any help will be
appreciated,
Adam
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