[Gllug] [OT] Asking to be spammed?

[Chris Bell]

On Thu 21 Dec, Adrian McMenamin wrote:
> On Thu, December 21, 2006 11:59 am, Chris Bell wrote:
> >    My ISP, Demon, always identifies and includes the IP address of the
> > sender in the header, which I use for a whois lookup. It is rare to find
> > the
> > actual email address through the WHOIS search, just the details of the
> > ISP.
> >    Sometimes the sending address is obviously something like MSN, but they
> > will identify and deal with the sender. It is important to include all the
> > header in the report, with the recorded times.
> >
> 
> How does that work with all those zombie Win NT type machines out there
> running illicit MTAs - from a casual look at the spam that beats the
> filters that seems to be the main source.
> 
> 
   My ISP receives mail direct via SMTP, so can verify the IP address at the
time, and it is printed within square brackets just before the "helo"
response. I must collect my mail using POP3, and can only verify the IP
address of my ISP.

-- 
Chris Bell

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