From The Naked PC issue #5.09...

Fighting Spam: Part 4

by Dan Butler
April 25, 2002

This time I want to clarify a few issues that have come up in my past "Fighting Spam" articles. Specifically I want to discuss how spammers hide their true address and why email ends up in your mailbox even though it is not addressed to you.

First things first. Many have written wanting to know where to find the earlier articles on fighting spam. You'll find a link to them on my page at TheNakedPC.com Web site:
http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/509/tr.cgi?dan1

Let's see how spammers hide their true address. This is really easy. They use a forged address. I know, you expected something a bit more complicated. But that's really all there is to it. The fact is that it isn't that hard to fake an email. One more reason to use something like PGP to make your important email verifiable. There is a link to my PGP series on the page above as well.

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