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Date:      Mon, 19 Aug 2002 10:59:02 +0000
From:      Martin Moeller <moeller@bsdsi.com>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Maike Moeller <moeller@chemie.uni-hamburg.de>
Subject:   I get mail from my own address!
Message-ID:  <20020819105902.GA39997@piranha.bsdsi.com>

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Hello list,

Yesterday I received a spam mail from my own email address. I assume that is 
a trick to pass through my procmail system or something?

The header of the mail only shows this:


-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --------
Betreff: Mother finds 71K in 15 year olds closet
Datum: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 19:22:09 -0500
Von: moeller@chemie.uni-hamburg.de
Rückantwort: moeller@chemie.uni-hamburg.de
An: moeller@chemie.uni-hamburg.de

<snip>

This email was sent to you via Saf-E Mail Systems.  Your email address was 
automatically inserted into the To and From addresses to eliminate 
undeliverables which waste bandwidth and cause internet congestion. Your 
email or webserver IS NOT being used for the sending of this mail. No-one 
else is receiving emails from your address. You may utilize the removal link 
below if you do not wish to receive this 
mailing.http://www.andromeda-cr.com/remove.html
---- End forwarded message -----

What is that all about? How do they do that? And how can they (legally) be
stopped from using my address? I don't really trust those removal links......

Any comments appreciated!
Martin

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