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RE: [Full-disclosure] Strange Emails -- What are they?
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- Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] Strange Emails -- What are they?
- From: "Geo." <geoincidents@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 11:33:12 -0400
> Alright,
> If this is spam/email harvesting then please explain how it is
> working without any legitimate return path? I understand blasting out
> bunk emails with a legit return path, but these emails have no such
> path. Whats the ditty?
When you try and send email to a non-existant address, the receiving server
rejects during the smtp transaction so a return address is not needed since
the sending bot gets this error message before the transaction is completed.
Geo.
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