[OZAPRS] (no subject)

Andrew Errington a.errington at lancaster.ac.uk
Fri Apr 6 21:55:53 EST 2012


On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:46:27 Dave Horsfall wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Apr 2012, Michael Wain wrote:
> > Why I have guess and say its joe peters!!!
>
> I can see that you're one of those people who think that email cannot be
> forged.
>
> A colleague of mine thought so too, until she'd received email from
> herself...
>
> Spammers are not above joining email lists and collecting addresses of
> those authorised to post.
>
> -- Dave

Yes, but the simplest explanation is that Joe Peters's Hotmail account was 
hacked and someone simply logged in and sent a spam message to everyone 
listed in his address book (or inbox, or sent-mail box).  Since this 
(mailing) list is in his (address) list and he is already authorised to post 
then that is most likely how it happened.

Or you could ask Joe.  Maybe he doesn't even run Windows.

73,

Andrew
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