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Pete Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
Wed, 8 May 2002 10:49:39 -0400
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Barbara:

Not all FROM addresses are "real."  Spammers can "craft" aka spoof a
FROM: address.  Then they send that message to a -REQUEST.  LISTSERV then
dutifully sends an auto-ack to the FROM: address which then bounces
possibly going to the OWNER-listname address.

  At 10:38 05/08/2002 Wednesday, Barbara Passmore wrote:
 >Thanks for your responses.
 >
 >This is the header as is:
 >
 >Review= Owner    Subscription= Open, confirm
 >Send= Editor,Hold,Confirm
 > Errors-To= [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask]
 > Attachments= No
 > Sizelim= 250
 >
 >I believe the header already incorporates the changes suggested.
 >Something must be missing still.
 >
 >I am getting messages from nonsubscribers to which Listserv has replied:
 >>This  message  was originally  submitted  by  >[log in to unmask] to
 >the [listname]
 >
 >As a separate issue, I have started getting spam with the Klez virus to
 >"request".  I daresay there is no answer for this question.
 >
 >Any further help for either question will be appreciated.

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