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[SpamCop-List] Re: No IP Address?

Ellen nobody at spamcop.net
Fri Aug 20 08:25:34 EDT 2004



"Mike Easter" <MikeE at ster.invalid> wrote in message
news:cg4hk7$mi7$1 at news.spamcop.net...
> Dar wrote:
> > Please see same subject in spam for complete spam.
> >
> > So... how does spam get through without an IP address?
> >
> > Original spam was received by client who forwarded it
> > on to me as an attachment.
>
> The way you get a mail without a Received traceline is either
>
>  - have a misconfigured server which is feeding your mailbox, or
>  - have the mailitem put directly into the mailbox by the provider
>
> In this case it appears to be a misconfigured server.
>

Or the client fowarded it and the client's mailserver doesn't send along
full headers when forwarding -- as some don't.

Ellen




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