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[SpamCop-List] Re: Beware of MAILHOSTS !!!

Marjolein Katsma nobody at spamcop.net
Sat Mar 20 23:10:25 EST 2004


Ellen (nobody at spamcop.net) wrote in news:c3idn2$qsj$1 at news.spamcop.net:

> We *all* have a problem that needs to be solved -- excellent forged
> headers that cannot be recognized by the parser *if* the actual
> injection (which is always an open proxy) is not yet listed on any of
> the open proxy lists. 

How does telling SC about the 10 or so mail services I use solve that 
problem?

Not yet listed is just that. It will be listed when reported.

> So by knowing which of the hosts in a header string belong to the
> reporter then the parser is able to make a more intelligent decision
> as to  where the injection point occurs. 

Sorry, but I don't get it. I've never seen any problem with *detecting* 
the injection point and I sincerely doubt that's a problem with the 
majority of mails that get fed into the SC reporting system.


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