"amanda" <amanda94621_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:bbea23b7.0303220222.2c1beeea_at_posting.google.com...
>
> Are you implying that someone used that guy's account and sent me
> that RUDE email? Well...that's not the case because he sent me another
> email saying that he was my post about his email..blah..blah...blah
>
You should understand that one can send an email or a newsgroup post
specifying ANY address as sender's address, without any need to have
access to the corresponding account. It may not even exist. That's what
spammers do. Of course, analysis of the message headers can reveal
where the message was originated from, but not from who, unless you
will trace back the originator's IP address and somehow make the entity
owning this address to disclose information on who's using that host.
But even this information will be insufficient if that host was actually
abused, that is, the originator does not own nor operate this host legally.
Anyway, do NOT rely on email address you see in your email/news
reader as reliable source of information on sender.
--
Vladimir Zakharychev (bob@dpsp-yes.com) http://www.dpsp-yes.com
Dynamic PSP(tm) - the first true RAD toolkit for Oracle-based internet applications.
All opinions are mine and do not necessarily go in line with those of my employer.
Received on Sat Mar 22 2003 - 10:44:04 CST
