Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 21:07:52 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: jonvalverde@aol.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Finding out original source of e-mail Message-ID: <428BA098.1080306@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <8C729E9F5024F11-E80-3CBE1@FWM-D29.sysops.aol.com> References: <8C72933FE6C89D0-B0C-45179@FWM-D38.sysops.aol.com> <428B7BE8.8050605@dial.pipex.com> <8C729E9F5024F11-E80-3CBE1@FWM-D29.sysops.aol.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
jonvalverde@aol.com wrote: > Thanks Alex....I have had a hacker problem lately and it is someone > I'm pretty confident I know....I know they are very tech savy, so just > trying to confirm. Alex wrote: > > Looking at the first received line shows that FWM-D38.sysops.aol.com > received the email from 204.214.222.51. Usually you would expect to > see a name associated with that address, but in this case there isn't. Is this *your* IP address, perhaps? Given that this was sent using a WebMail interface it *could* have been someone doing this by hand. I have no idea how easy AOL Webmail is to spoof. Having said that, sending email to accounts which don't work is a hallmark of spam bots. If you have any passwords for your AOL account, I would suggest changing them. --Alex
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?428BA098.1080306>