Changing from address.
FITO.99
Hi there!
I'm setting up my account to change the from header. I've already
done that but I'm still not sure about something. From: changes, but
X-Sender doesn't. Is this enough to stop spamers? I mean, when you post to
newsgroups you end up getting lots of spam, and the may get your address
from the From: header, don't they? Do I need to change X-Sender too? If I
have, how do I do that?
Thanks in advance!
P.D. You'll hear from me soon, I'm also setting up a retrieve recipe with
procmail :)
Fito.99
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era eriksson
<uc6...@cclx1.NOSPAM.unican.es> posted to comp.mail.misc:
> I'm setting up my account to change the from header. I've already
> done that but I'm still not sure about something. From: changes, but
> X-Sender doesn't. Is this enough to stop spamers? I mean, when you post to
> newsgroups you end up getting lots of spam, and the may get your address
> from the From: header, don't they?
They'd be stupid if they didn't grab everything from all header
fields, and the body too.
(On the other hand, there is some substantial evidence that a lot of
spammers +are+ stupid, but don't count on all of them being stupid.
And those who aren't are the ones who are making money, e.g. from
selling address lists.)
> Do I need to change X-Sender too? If I have, how do I do that?
If you're using Pine (which your Message-Id seems to indicate), I
hope there's an answer to this in the Pine FAQ. Perhaps you should
tell us more about what software you're using.
(There's a Pine FAQ at <http://www.washington.edu/pine/faq/index.html>
but it basically just says that X-Sender is still a problem. I don't
think you could lose much by switching to a different client, though.)
> Remove NOSPAM from my address to reply
If I were a spammer, I'd automatically strip NOSPAM from all mined
addresses. I'm firmly against address munging, but if you really think
you want to do it, it would probably be a good idea to try to apply
some creativity. (You've probably seen those really weird ones where
somebody's From: line says something like fHERR...@mooAQU.ARIUMcom
and the .sig says to take out the fish and the fish tank.)
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