Spammers use the ReplyTo: part of the header to force where your replies should go. In OE, I haven't found a way to use this header line, though it is there. OE appears to force the ReplyTo: for letters YOU send to the same address you entered when you set up OE. In Unix mailers, which is what most spammers use, you can set the ReplyTo: field to whatever you want. My advice: Open the message, go the Message in the top menu, click on Create Rule from Message, leave the conditions alone and in the area for action, click on the box for delete it. That way, you'll never see it. Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeen M Ruff" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 9:54 PM Subject: [OE] different reply address in email than the from address > Hi, > I was just curious. I have been receiving spam mail that shows a specific > email address on who it is from but when you hit the reply button that is > not the address that appears in the To: box. > Could someone please explain to me how a person can put a different address > for a reply than the address shown on where it is from. > It just bothers me that the spammers know how to do this and I do not. > Does outlook express 5.5 offer this capability. > Thanks, > Jeen > > > ==== OUTLOOK-EXPRESS Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >

Thanks Dennis for your quick response. Your suggestion of going into message and clicking on the box for deleting, is that like putting a block on that sender or is it the same as using the regular delete key. Would you mind explaining this further? Thanks again, Jeen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Duffner" <[email protected]> My advice: Open the message, go the Message in the top menu, click on Create Rule from Message, leave the conditions alone and in the area for action, click on the box for delete it. That way, you'll never see it. Dennis

Best way I have found is to make a rule from the message text , put the subject of the spam in the message rule , this way they are all filtered out no matter what the TO or sender is and you do not have to open the message you can get it from properties if you do not use the preview pane. For lists I use the TO rule/ Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Duffner" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 8:47 PM Subject: Re: [OE] different reply address in email than the from address > Spammers use the ReplyTo: part of the header to force where your replies > should go. In OE, I haven't found a way to use this header line, though it > is there. OE appears to force the ReplyTo: for letters YOU send to the same > address you entered when you set up OE. >