RE: Basically Lazy - Email Header Analysis

From: David Gillett (gillettdavid_at_fhda.edu)
Date: 05/27/03

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    To: "'Andy Cuff [talisker]'" <talisker@networkintrusion.co.uk>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
    Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 08:27:23 -0700
    
    

      I like http://spamcop.net. It analyzes the headers, doing
    a good job of detecting forgeries and known open relays, and
    automatically looks up the appropriate abuse addresses, although
    it's up to you whether you use it to actually send a complaint
    or not.

    Dave Gillett

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Andy Cuff [talisker] [mailto:offthecuff@lineone.net]
    > Sent: October 25, 2003 03:43
    > To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
    > Subject: Basically Lazy - Email Header Analysis
    >
    >
    > Hi
    > Whilst drowning my sorrows in the UK rain following our
    > resounding defeat in
    > the Eurovision song contest (Politics in Europe surely not !!) I have
    > turned my attention to email headers.
    >
    > Whilst I'm quietly confident about manually analysing email
    > headers, I'm
    > looking for tools or web resources that will automate some of
    > the process.
    > There are plenty of anti-spam resources such as
    > http://combat.uxn.com/ and
    > http://www.spamhaus.org/ to identify spammers and there is
    > the infamous Sam
    > Spade for testing Open Mail Relay Agents. There are a
    > plethora of how-to's
    > and FAQ's about analysing headers manually. But I haven't found many
    > resources that analyse the headers in sufficient accurate detail.
    >
    > Personally I would rather run a tool on my own system than
    > put my headers
    > through a 3rd party website but there are a few sites that
    > seem to do it
    > fairly well such as http://www.3dmail.com/spam/ which whilst
    > spam focussed
    > seems fairly comprehensive, though sadly a beta which hasn't
    > been updated in
    > a year.
    >
    > Any recommendations websites or tools would be greatly
    > appreciated, if there
    > is a sufficient response I will collate the information onto
    > a new page for
    > the website below and post a summary to this list
    >
    > cheers, and for the Brits have a good Bank Holiday Weekend I hope the
    > weather is better where you are!
    >
    > take care
    > -andy
    > Taliskers Network Security Tools
    > http://www.networkintrusion.co.uk
    >
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