[clug] Strange email messages

Felix Karpfen felixk at fwi.net.au
Wed Sep 24 08:27:07 EST 2003


* Pearl Louis <pearl.louis at anu.edu.au> [24.09.03 07:13]:
> Hi!
> 
> Not really to do with Linux.

> Message from rocketmail.net
> 
> I'm afraid the message returned below could not be delivered to the
> following addresses:
> 
> Undeliverable mail to cufnjtswmy at rocketmail.net
> 
> Anyone have any idea about what's going on?  
>
In a similar vein - and equally OT - I would welcome being told how the
following (snipped) message got into my mailbox (all accessible and
relevant headers are included):


,----[ odd_mail.txt ]-
| SNIP
| Received: from lethal.atrax.net.au [203.24.218.12]
| 	by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.9.0)
| 	for felixk at localhost (single-drop); Wed, 24 Sep 2003 07:12:50 +1000 (EST)
| Received: from [216.176.95.134] by lethal.atrax.net.au (NTMail 3.03.0017/1.acae) with ESMTP id FELIXK for <felixk at fwi.net.au>; Tue, 23 Sep 2003 08:30:21 +1000
| Received: (from localhost)
| 	by smtp01.consolidated.net (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.3.7-GR)
| 	id AJP84981;
| 	Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:17:38 -0500 (CDT)
| Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:17:38 -0500 (CDT)
| Message-Id: <200309222217.AJP84981 at smtp01.consolidated.net>
| To: news8080 at yahoo.com
| From: administrator at smtp01.consolidated.net
| Subject: Virus Warning
| 
| SNIP
| 
| The W32/Gibe-F virus was detected in attachment (hsqn.com) in email from msinclair at consolidated.net (09/22/03 17:17:38).
| Action taken: deleted
| 
| 
`----


And what was the message doing between Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:17:38 -0500
(CDT) [22:17:38 (GMT)] and Tue, 23 Sep 2003 08:30:21 +1000 [Mon, 22 Sep
2003 22:30:21 (GMT)]?


Felix Karpfen 

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felixk at fwi.net.au
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