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Mail Man

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Jul 29, 2007, 8:55:28 PM7/29/07
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What's the deal with these headers:

X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: calendar-contact
X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: redmunds_office1-1185743774

Who is Newman?

Does all Yahoo main have this shit?

Or can I use this to flag spam?

Randolf Richardson

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Aug 8, 2007, 10:50:39 AM8/8/07
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:55:28 -0700, Mail Man <Ma...@Man.com> wrote:

> What's the deal with these headers:
>
> X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: calendar-contact
> X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: redmunds_office1-1185743774

All SMTP headers preceeded by "X-" are considered unofficial. In short,
any vendor may make anything up that begins with "X-" (or "x-") without
having to register with the appropriate organization.

> Who is Newman?
>
> Does all Yahoo main have this shit?

Yahoo would likely be the best source of infomation about these headers.

> Or can I use this to flag spam?

Yes, you can, but before doing so you might want to do some research
first to find out if Yahoo (or whoever is the source of these headers) is
using this for legitimate purposes to ensure legitimate mail doesn't get
flagged.

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Randolf Richardson - kingpi...@lumbercartel.ca
The Lumber Cartel, local 42 (Canadian branch)
http://www.lumbercartel.ca/

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