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Re: E-mail account security warning.

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• Subject: Re: E-mail account security warning.
• From: "Ken North" <kennorth@s...>
• Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 11:36:36 -0800
• References: <AKEALCBHGNKMENPPPGFFMEPNCMAA.Paul.Downey@w...> <a0602040dbc6bad5a23bd@[66.167.79.181]>

> I got this, too, and replied to the admin@x... address that I
> thought it was a virus or work spoofing the address culled from
> someone of us whose machine(s) is/are infected. It is usually my
> policy to notify the address spoofed.

Not sure whether you mean IP address spoofing or forging a Sender's e-mail
address. The latter is a common technique these days for spam and malware.

If you read the e-mail header of the virus-ridden message, you can check for a
forged Sender and whether the originating IP and all of the other info matches
an authentic XML-DEV message.

• References:
  • RE: E-mail account security warning.
    • From: "Paul Sumner Downey" <Paul.Downey@w...>
  • RE: E-mail account security warning.
    • From: Rex Brooks <rexb@s...>

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