Re: "return-path.." Question on email

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From: Colin Bloch
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:50

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Wankatoa wrote:
> I have a junk mail reporting program, but I have always wondered.
> 
> If the email has a return-path address, when you hit "forward" and try to 
> send it to the junk mail people or report them to their isp, does the email 
> go also to that return path address?

No.

> It seems on some of them, when I try to report them the next week I get 20 
> more emails from the same people.  I'm thinking that I'm simply verifying my 
> valid email address by trying to forward it.

Use Spamcop - it will report to the abuse contact address of
the originating IP.  It will also munge the submission so as
to hide the destination email address in the original junk
mail.  It also submits from an @spamcop.net email address
in order to protect your anonymity.  Keep in mind that it
is a free service which is kept alive by supporters, so
reach into your pocket and throw a few bones their way if
you like it.  And you will.

CAB

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From: Colin Bloch <colin@NOSPAMgrandecom.com>
Newsgroups: austin.internet
Subject: Re: "return-path.."  Question on email
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:50:28 -0600
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