OT: noreply at ......

[Kenneth Brody]

On 7/1/2013 3:31 PM, Henry Arredondo wrote:
[...]
> I tested it and it works wonderful, I can even use whatever domain I want
> :)  .    I wonder if this is how hackers use spam servers to spam.
[...]

The "from" part of e-mails has never been reliable.  All it says is what the 
sender wants it to say.  (Over the years, I've convinced people who refused 
to believe that by sending them an e-mail "from" <president at whitehouse.gov>.)

I'm not sure how that helps spammers, beyond the ability to not put their 
real address in the header.  (Okay -- it can help them slightly.  Many 
people will whitelist their own e-mail address, and some spammers use the 
recipient's address as the forged "from", in an effort to get past spam 
filters.)

-- 
Kenneth Brody