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| DATE | 2003-08-05 |
| FROM | From: "Steve Milo"
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Idea for NYLXS.
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An article for the average user on how to interpret an email header.
This may sound trite for some of us, but for the average email user
looking at the email header can be a daunting task.
Spammers take advantage of this by sending out emails with
different 'reply to' address than the actual return path. Granted
there are programs and what not that will offer some level of
protection from spam but eventually some spam does get through. Some
of it is truly malicious and sinister. For example, emails masqerading
as notices from credit departments requiring a user to fill in personal
information (Name, address, SS, CC, etc). This might even make for a
good episode on the theoretical BCAT 'series'.
Steve M
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NYLXS: New Yorker Free Software Users Scene
Fair Use -
because it's either fair use or useless....
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