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Ken Barr <ken@kenbarr.com> wrote:

: 38.158.255.10 does indeed traceroute to hcc_nt1.heritagecoin.com,
: but I'm not sure what the preceeding 10.10.10.10 "Received:" lines
: mean (or don't mean) ...  

It means nothing -- they either have a misconfigured mail server
that is printing internal/reserved IP addresses onto the mail
headers, or software that forges headers to try to confuse people. :/
In this case, I suspect the first.

: If someone more knowledgeable than me can 
: confirm that this came from heritagecoin.com, or provide an optional
: scenario that provides reasonable doubt as to their guilt, I would
: be appreciative.

I wouldn't bet my life they're guilty, but I'd bet next month's
paycheck.

: FWIW, this turd came in a day after I criticized their business
: practices on rec.collecting.coins, so I presume it may be coming
: from their in-house Internet guru (i.e., postmaster/webmaster).  
: In case my complaint is legit and later requires escalation, is 
: PSI still a gaping black hole re UCE complaints, or have they 
: gotten their act together since the threatened UDP?  

PSI has definitely gotten their act together.  I only wish other
ISPs were as responsive as they have been of late.


Catherine


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:>    for
:> <kenbarr+XRCPT.6b656e62617272406b656e626172722e636f6d@shell11.ba.best.com>;
:>  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 01:29:07 -0800 (PST)
:> From: jblack23@usa.net
:> Received: from relay3.smtp.psi.net (relay3.smtp.psi.net [38.8.210.2])
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:> Received: from [38.158.255.10] (helo=HCC_NT1.HERITAGECOIN.COM)
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:>    id 0zfhQ6-0006Px-00; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 04:27:34 -0500
:> Received: from hcc_nt1(10.10.10.10) by hcc_fire
:>  via Gauntlet(2.0) Tue, 17 NOV 98 03:27:42 -0600
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