>>>>> "MW" == Mernagh Will <Mernagh_Will at emc.com> writes:
MW> Did anyone else receive this spam mail.
Yes, it was sent to the list.
MW> Notice the heading is ILUG and the sig is also from the
MW> ilug. How did i receive it if my address was not included. I
MW> thought that bcc would show ones own name in the to area.
The To, Cc and Bcc headers are not used by the MTA to direct the mail
and as such do not need to be there. Spam mail is generally sent by
connecting directly to port 25 on an SMTP server, and the addresses
are specified in the "RCPT TO" SMTP command.
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