Wed, 14 Oct 1992 05:17:20 CDT
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> "Faking mail is *very* easy to do and is not easy to trace. I'm a non-techy
> and have no problem doing this. I do not, however, fake mail from real
> people and real addresses."
>
> True, but examining the header, I see the following :
>
> > Received: from gatekeeper.us.oracle.com by hqsun1.us.oracle.com
(5.59.9/37.7)
> > id AA02018; Mon, 12 Oct 92 09:43:08 PDT
> > Received: from pucc.Princeton.EDU by gatekeeper.oracle.com (Oracle
1.12/37.7)
> > id AA10595; Mon, 12 Oct 92 09:43:08 PDT
> > Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Received: from PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU by pucc.Princeton.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2)
> > with BSMTP id 9628; Mon, 12 Oct 92 12:35:43 EDT
> > Received: from PUCC.BITNET by PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU (Mailer R2.08 ptf043) with
> > BSMTP id 6462; Mon, 12 Oct 92 12:32:28 EDT
>
> And this tells me that it came to me from pucc.princeton.edu, and arrived at
> pucc.princeton.edu from PUCC.BITNET, probably a gateway machine. If this is
You're looking at routing from the listserv to you, not from the originator
to the listserv.
> Iff it came from within Princeton, I might be able to select a small set of
> LSTOWN subscribers whom were likely candidates for such a thing, but this is
True, but the "if" is important. It didn't come from Princeton. It came
from Mississippi State. I did it.
> The bottom line is that with logging and cooperative administrators it is
> trivial to identify where the connection came from.
Oh? Where's the evidence that it came from ra.msstate.edu?
--Natalie ([log in to unmask])
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