Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site edison.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!mcnc!ncsu!uvacs!edison!jso From: jso@edison.UUCP (John Owens) Newsgroups: net.news.sa Subject: Re: Re: phoney addresses, can they be tracked? Message-ID: <684@edison.UUCP> Date: Fri, 11-Apr-86 10:04:42 EST Article-I.D.: edison.684 Posted: Fri Apr 11 10:04:42 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 14-Apr-86 00:48:12 EST References: <134@gilbbs.UUCP>, <66@comp.lancs.ac.uk> <6567@utzoo.UUCP> Organization: General Electric Company, Charlottesville, VA Lines: 19 > > Our mailer puts "Received" stamps on according to where the mail actually > > came from. ... All you would then have to do is see where the discrepancy > > is... It is my firm belief that all mailers should do this for this reason > > (this conforms to RFC822). > > Unfortunately, we are talking about news, not mailers. > Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology Unfortunately, we are talking about mail, not news. The original forged mail had plenty of Received headers; the referenced text above refers to "Received: from xxx by yyy" being superior to just "Received: by yyy". -- John Owens @ General Electric Company (+1 804 978 5726) edison!jso%virginia@CSNet-Relay.ARPA [old arpa] edison!jso@virginia.EDU [w/ nameservers] jso@edison.UUCP [w/ uucp domains] {cbosgd allegra ncsu xanth}!uvacs!edison!jso [roll your own]