[YLUG] Gaffer's email headers

[Anthony Edwards]

On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 07:44:49PM +0000, Gaffer wrote:
> Hi Zoe,
> 
> On Wednesday 28 February 2007 09:08, Zoe Stephenson inscribed thus:
> > On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 08:19:08PM +0000, Gaffer wrote:
> > > Though I notice that no one has commented on my post about why
> > > the Email headers would contain information about the different
> > > alias I use!
> >
> > Well, the question isn't very specific.  Exactly what text did you
> > expect to appear, what appeared instead, and why is it a problem?
> 
> Yes It was a bit vague. Sorry!
> 
> Well I added my name to the petition against software patents.  Then 
> they send an Email to verify your identity (Email address) I assume.  
> In that Email that you are asked to reply to,  the headers contained 
> information about several of my Email alias that I use and two of my 
> ISP neither of which I used when I added my name to the petition. 
> 
> I am concerned about the additional information that is there about 
> accounts and alias that I use with various clients.
> 
> Now I agree that I make mistakes and sometimes forget to use the 
> correct alias for this list, as I did for the last post.  But that 
> shouldn't reveal other ISP or alias, should it?

I work as the abuse team manager at the ISP on whose network the
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk web site is hosted, and also from which
all emails sent for and on behalf of the site are sent.

I would be most grateful if you can send a full, complete and unedited
copy of the email which you refer to above please, to include both
its full, complete and unedited SMTP headers and message body, to
abuse at uk.easynet.net (not the address which I use to post to this
list), together with a note explaining your concerns, and I will then
take a look and, if necessary, take the matter up with the customer
concerned.

That said, I imagine that there is an entirely innocent explanation.
Do you have your email automatically forwarded from one ISP to another,
perhaps collecting it all from one ISP's mailbox?  That is the most
likely explanation for what you describe and, of course, SMTP headers
will be added by each ISP's mail servers in such an automated email
forwarding chain.

-- 
Anthony Edwards
anthony at catfish.nildram.co.uk