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Thread #57296   Message #900589
Posted By: Amos
28-Feb-03 - 03:19 PM
Thread Name: Tech: Spam probs.
Subject: RE: Tech: Spam probs.
Giok:

It doesn't _show_ the address correctly, but it has to have your mailbox' destination and its server somewhere or it wouldn't get to you. I suppose some hackers use wildcards, which is the equivalent of saying "mail it to everyone in Smallsville". I don't know how you would make that work without some kind of hack into the UNIX command interface of the mail server. I am not sure of the mechanism you are asking about. Anyone know how this is done?

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