On 11/10/05, Lesley Walker
Simon Byrnand wrote:
Not only that, but the sample message header they provided had many of the message fields obfuscated, including the message id tag and the time, making it extremely
The reason they obfuscate some of the fields is that in some cases the report could be going to the spammers themselves, and the concern is that spammer will be able to identify the user who reported them and exact some kind of revenge.
Ah, yeah. That happens. I received several death threats after reporting some spam a year or so ago. Nothing happened (and I didn't really expect it to) but it does make one wary. -- Andrew Stephen http://www.evil.geek.nz/ Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.