Re: [Patents] Hi

[Hartmut Pilch <phm@a2e.de>]

> Sorry if this is improper to send to the list. I just wanted to point 
> out that I did not voluntarily send this mail, and as far as I can tell 
> neither have I done it involuntarily through any trojan or whatever, since
> I have nothing to do with adsl-b4-89-165.telepac.pt . It's apparently 
> just someone/something spoofing my address in the from field. 

This kind of spoofing is currently being done regularly on various mailing
lists. 
 
> El Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 10:17:29AM +0000, xdrudis@tinet.org deia:
> >  Test =)
> > yqqsihqmjqamph
> > --
> > Test, yep.

The "yqqsih..." looks very much like designed to lower spam score ratings 
on current versions of anti-spam software.

Perhaps we will see fake postings from you and others, advertising all 
kinds of snake oil, on this list very soon, unless the list is connected
to the latest spam-assassin that has caught up with the lastest spammer 
tricks.

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Hartmut Pilch, FFII & Eurolinux Alliance              tel. +49-89-18979927
Protecting Innovation against Patent Inflation       http://swpat.ffii.org/
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