[PLUG] Weird e-mail
Richard C. Steffens
rsteff at comcast.net
Fri Oct 28 23:24:04 UTC 2005
Rich Shepard wrote:
> It does come from Germany:
>
> [rshepard at salmo ~]$ host 85.180.159.164
> 164.159.180.85.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer
> e180159164.adsl.alicedsl.de.
I saw the .de and knew that it means Germany, but wondered when I saw
the Netherlands reference in whois.
> Turn on the headers, then forward to abuse at alicedsl.de with a request
> that
> they stop such use of their mail servers.
I'll do that.
> You're not running your own MTA, but you could install and configure
> SpamAssassin. Teach it to catch junk like this and you'll not see it in
> your
> inbox any longer.
I wasn't aware that SpamAssassin would be of use to me, using
Thunderbird to get mail from Comcast. I guess I'd better read up on
SpamAssassin. Any recommendations for reading material, other than what
I'll find at the SpamAssassin site?
--
Regards,
Dick Steffens
http://home.comcast.net/~rsteff/
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