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August 30th, 2005, 07:40 PM
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Sending an email from a fake address
Hi everyone,
I'm sorry, but I have forgotten the proper term for this. I remember using an online shell account to do this, but basically what it is is sending an email but as if it were from another address. In the attachment provided, I have inputted my email address into the online forums I maintain - and whenever a group email is sent out, it comes from my address (yet I never inputted my password). I'm pretty sure it's just altering the email's header, but I really can't remember how I ever did it. I'm just interested, and would like to find out more about the topic.
Also, isn't that a really easy way to scam? I mean, if you found out someone's email address, you could send some pretty horrible things as if they were from that person rather than yourself. I know that your IP address could be traced and stuff, but it's still quite dangerous, isn't it?
Thanks!
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