>
> At 11:51 PM +0000 01/16/01, David Harley wrote:
> >I didn't keep it. Wasn't it from a hotmail account?
>
> Only sort of. Remember that the From is easily forged, and on spam is
> virtually always forged.
I'm aware of that. However, validation of hotmail account
applications is minimal. It's hardly worth cheating, and
some spammers don't. This is especially likely with people
whose agenda is non-commercial and probably wouldn't think of
themselves as spammers. Like I said, I didn't keep the mail.
> Spamcop (http://spamcop.net) analyzes the first Received as indicating
> an open relay at Hotmail and says it's already been reported to ORBS,
> though I'd say possibly it was instead used by a validated Hotmail
> user. (Does Hotmail accept outgoing mail by SMTP, or only by web? I
> don't know.)
If it does, it isn't documented.
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