In the first place Jeen, spammers never use their correct user name and rarely their correct domain name. This makes filters and blocked senders mostly ineffective, although they will catch a few. I have over 300 blocked domains and I still receive ~15 spams for every one caught. If you can read headers you will see that the domain name (name after the @ ) almost never matches the domain name that the msg. was received from, another thing that muddies the water is that your address domain name may not be the same as your SMTP (out going mail) server ,,,, my address domain is "galvestonbay.net" but my mail is sent by "alphainternet.net". Also, if you will look in the body of a spam msg. you will almost always find another way to get in touch with them should you fall for it, usually a Phone # or Fax ,,, this tells you their e-mail address is a fake. As far as faking an address, it is VERY easy to do and is in fact a very useful tool for all of us (as well as dangerous) ,,,, EXP.'s: 1. I sub.ed my brother in AL to two mailing lists without his knowledge. I could also unsub him and you from this list if I choose to (which I don't) <g> Its' as simple as going into your mail account and substituting your address with another address ,,, compose a msg. ,,, send it ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, that's all there is to it. If you use the "Reply to: " option, will need to change the address there also. ,,, CAUTION : You MUST make the changes in your mail account BEFORE opening the "New Mail" and the fake address MUST have a valid domain name and does not have to be yours ,,, the user name does not have to be valid. DON'T FORGET to undo the changes when your dastardly deed is done. Sleep in secure comfort. Bob Hays PS: Notice who this msg. is from ,, and read the headers, the only truth in them should be my SMTP domain name.<g> And Jeen, I used your address to make this post, I needed someone who was sub.ed to the list. ___________________________________________ ----- 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

Just make an internal filter from the subject of the spam , * a message rule* to delete it , that way you will catch them no matter *who* is the sender , need much less filters that way ! How ever be sure if you make a rule for a message it must only be about 1 word and to the item or topic, or you will be over riding other filters and some good mail will get removed. I have also made a few filters for a few spam senders via the from address but like anyone will say its not too effective. Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [OE] different reply address in email than the from address > In the first place Jeen, spammers never use their correct user name and > rarely their correct domain name. This makes filters and blocked senders > mostly ineffective, although they will catch a few. I have over 300 blocked > domains and I still receive ~15 spams for every one caught.