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Re: [OT] Mails coming from "joe1assistly@gmail.com"



On Tue, 01 May 2012 18:21:47 +0100, Brian wrote:

> On Tue 01 May 2012 at 11:18:14 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
> 
>> E-mail headers say not much (see the link). At least seems to come from
>> a genuine Gmail account:
>> 
>> http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=Lz8eFuTe
>> 
>> "X-Mailer" and "Message-Id" gives some clues about the origin but
>> nothing on why I/we get the posts :-?
> 
> We'll assume the mail is a genuine one.

(...)

Yeah, I share that feeling too.

> I do not understand why Subject: is different from the
> 
>    Re: Install a package from testing?
> 
> in your mail at
> 
>    http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/04/msg01825.html
> 
> Also
> 
>    In-Reply-To: <jnj9us$5ol$6@dough.gmane.org>
> 
> is puzzling because this is the Message-id: for msg01825.

Well, "joe1" was replying to this message:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/04/msg01825.html

Which matches with the "Subject" we can see in the headers of the pastebin:

Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Re=3A_=5BOT=5D_Mails_coming_from_=22joe=31assistly=40gmail=2Ecom=22_=28was=3A_Install_a=09package_from_testing=3F=29?= 

> Now for dates and times (taken from gmane) of the four posts in that
> thread:

(...)

> Coincidence? I'd be looking at something happening in the interaction
> between the poster and gmane.

I can't really tell. It seems that other posters who don't use Gmane are 
also receiving the messages. 

Well, thanks a bunch for your detailed analysis, much appreciated :-)

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón


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