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Re: [suse-security] Spoofed mail. What to do ?
  • From: semat <semat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 18:38:52 +0300 (EAT)
  • Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0102261836550.15229-100000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> see if he can trace the message by msgID. If he can, go to the next one
> back.
Speaking of which I have always been curious as to how to trace an e-mail
by msgID. Because obviously when I cat my /var/log/mail I can see the
msgID but from there what to do with it in order to get the full headers
or trace the sender always beats me.
> Cliff >
> On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, omicron wrote:
>
> > hi
> > i recently got a mail which i *suspect* must have been spoofed (i think,
> > from my classmates) but i can't say it beyond doubt. The info i garnered from
> > the mail, including my email address itself (incase u have noticed,i got an MX
> > recently), the contents of it are rather suspicious. But unfortunately the
> > headers are quite ordinary, and it came from a webmail account, so i cant get
> > any ident, finger , nothing on it. Is there any way , i can legitimately check
> > whether the email was spoofed or not ?
> >
> > regards
> > omicron
> >
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> > A pessimist fears it might be of an incoming train.
> >
> > omicron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx omicron.symonds.net
> >
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