When you say open a connection are you talking telnet? Michael wrote: askinf for all my account numbers? I got it! On Monday 25 September 2006 23:20, Alexander Henry wrote: > Just like Alan said, it's phishing. > > I recently wrote a PERL script to make my life easier with installfest > announcements. When I finished, I suddenly realized I wrote a > spam-bot. I've never dealt with talking POP or SMTP before this. ALL > you do is make a text file with the headers on top with the right > format, like this: > > > > From: MAILER-DAEMON > Subject: H4X > Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:15:25 -0700 > > Hello World > > > > Then open a connection to Cox's (or your favorite) SMTP server, dump the > text file in, and the server will believe whatever your text file says, > From: fields and all. (Although if YOU saw all the headers personally, > you wouldn't believe it.) > > You know what, I'm going to e-mail you my own phish signed with the same > Cox Tech Support thing you had right now. Let us know here if you get it > :) > > Shawn Badger wrote: > > It sound like a good way to get you to become a junk emailer in my > > opinion. Cox would just disable you from sending out e-mail and then > > have you call support to find out why your email doesn't work. > > > > On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 09:53 -0700, keith smith wrote: > >> I'd give Cox a call and findout. They may have sent it and have > >> additional info or it may be a trick and they may have additional > >> info. > >> > >> > >> > >> bmike101@cox.net wrote: > >> I got an email today. Please read and let me know what you > >> think. I think it is not whom it purports to be because the > >> attachment is not titled appropriately. I wouldn't have opened > >> it anyways but just the same! > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss - - - - - - - Keith Smith - - - - - - - http://travelingcheese.com/search_engine/increase-search-engine-traffic.html - - - - - - - --------------------------------- Get your email and more, right on the new Yahoo.com