Re: Spam from admin@139.com

On 02/12/12 10:55, John Beckett wrote:
> This is an updated outline of the vim_use spam problem.
> Following some email exchanges, I am trying a few things to see
> if I can find a solution and may have more updates.
>
> The following uses "-at-" instead of "@" so the Google Groups
> web interface will not hide the email addresses.
>
> It appears that every user who emails a message to the vim_use
> mailing list receives a junk mail from admin-at-139.com a few hours
> later. Each individual can defeat that by flagging the mail as
> spam so it is not seen in the future. However, the problem
> should be fixed because it is confusing and irritating for each
> new poster.
>
> It looks like the following happened:
> 1. Someone subscribed to vim_use.
> 2. They set their email to forward messages to
> number-at-139.com (where 'number' is a valid mobile phone
> number in China).
> 3. They stopped using the mobile number (around July 2012?).
> 4. Another person was issued the number but (fortunately for
> them), they have not activated the number to receive email.
>
> When a user emails a message to vim_use, Google Groups delivers
> that message to each member with the following in the header:
> From: Username <user-at-example.com>
> Reply-To: vim_use-at-googlegroups.com
>
> The 139.com mail system should use the "Reply-To" address,
> however they reply to the "From:" address to alert the sender
> that the recipient has not activated their email.
>
> This problem started around 9 July 2012.
>
> John
>
In my gmail "spam" folder I indeed notice messages in Chinese sent by
"admin", and at mouseover that sendername expands to admin-at-139.com.
Only a drop in the sea of spam I get from other sources.

Can I do anything to help you? Do you want one or more such emails sent
forward-as-attachment so you could have a look at the "Received" lines
in the headers? (I suppose you get enough of them yourself though).

Best regards,
Tony.
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