[Scspamcop] Re: General Spam Question

[antioch]

"Pop" <nodoby at devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message 
news:fgocjd$sd9$1 at news.spamcop.net...
> antioch wrote:
>> "David Bolt" <blacklist-me at davjam.org> wrote in message
>> news:DYEStNHZsfLHFwP7 at dev.null.davjam.org...
>>> On Sun, 4 Nov 2007, bar0 wrote:-
>>>
>>>> Way too brief, not that I could help you anyway I 'm not familiar
>>>> with BB Internet mail service.
>>>
>>> My guess is they mean a broadband internet connection, most likely
>>> cable.
>>>
>>>> With more information other clients of your mailservice could
>>>> recognize themselves and probably give you more information.
>>>>
>>>> Your ISP name and mail server name would be really helpful.
>>>
>>> The headers show they're an ex-NTL, now Virgin Media, customer.
>>>
>>>> I do recall that older versions of OE had a "spam" filter at least
>>>> on the Mac. Current windows implementation don't as far as I've
>>>> been bothered to investigate.
>>>
>>> Having avoided OE, I have no idea as to its capabilities. However,
>>> unless Microsoft have stripped out some functionality, the OP should
>>> be able to slightly modify the instructions here:
>>>
>>> <URL:http://techbase.msu.edu/article.asp?id=909&service=>
>>>
>>> to suit.
>>>
>>> A quick read though that page shows the only change that should be
>>> required is in step #4, where the word to use is "[SPAM]" instead of
>>> "*****SPAM*****" .
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>        David Bolt
>>
>> David B
>> Thanks for your input.
>> Yes you have read the header correctly.
>> I do have your link and another in Favourites re instructions as to
>> using message rules.
>> I have no message rule re selecting spam and diverting it into a
>> special folder although I am aware that this can be done(though
>> useless for the .gif spams) which my IP/ISP are still intercepting.
>> One of the things I was wondering was who/what/how that [SPAM] is
>> getting there.
>> The other was why am I getting spam addressed to other email
>> addresses.
>> Thank you
>> Rgds
>> Antioch
>
> Who spam is addressed to, that you can read on the screen, is completely 
> irrelevant to any reailty.  They're probably real addresses, but what you 
> see is NOT what determines who the spams go to.  99.99% of the time 
> anything visible in the mail client is forgable and has been forged. 
> There is no value in anything showing in the To: From: or even Return Path 
> lines.
>
> Pop`
>

Thank you Pop
I am beginning to realise that that is the case - I still cannot get my head 
round the fact that the IP/ISP allows/lets this to happen - unless of course 
they can nothing about it or cannot be bothered.

Rgds
Antioch