Posted by Tricky Dicky on 11/29/06 22:55

"Colin Wilson" <void@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1fd802fdfaccfa81989aea@news.individual.net...
>> But how does an e-mail addressed to, say, vpollard at clara.co.uk end up
>> in
>> my tricky at clara.co.uk inbox?
>
> Bad analogy, but...
>
> Email is like the contents of an envelope.
>
> The true address is on the envelope, and is thrown away by your ISP -
> the only trace you have of the true source is the IP address in the
> received: line in the contents of the envelope.
>
> See my prior posts regarding Mailwasher if you want some filters to help
> stop all the sh!t getting through !

This ng was the one with the thread on this topic after all.

Will have to look at mailwasher. Up until the last few months, I only got
the odd item every week or so because TMPGENC passed my e-mail addy on but
the level of shite is increasing

Tricky

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