Re: Strange hidden messages in email

From: Matt Beland (mattat_private)
Date: Fri Apr 26 2002 - 10:41:49 PDT

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    On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 12:38:39PM -0400, Jim Cockerham wrote:
    > Hello,
    > I have been receiving strange emails for a few weeks from a domain in
    > Korea. The return addresses are always fake msn or yahoo accounts but if
    > I view the source they always come from a domain in Korea. Usually they
    > are a very generic advertisement but if you view the source of the
    > message they have hidden messages in them. The first one had "Mary had a
    > little lamb" hidden all throughout the message, but others have different
    > messages hidden in the source. They are usually addressed to my email
    > account with several other CC: addresses . I don't know if there is any
    > reason for concern . Below is a copy of the source from one of the messages
    > , The actual message viewable in Outlook express was just a simple
    > link.................
    
    Just spam, ignore or filter it. The comments in the HTML source are an attempt
    to prevent heuristic filters from blocking the Spam.
    
    -- 
    Matt Beland
    mattat_private
    http://www.rearviewmirror.org
    
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