[OT] Re: prize dept

[Jonathan Matthews <jaycee@jaycee.uklinux.net>]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 10:27:58AM -0400, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 11:10:32AM +0000, Jonathan Matthews <jaycee@jaycee.uklinux.net> was heard to say:
> > I strongly believe these emails (and also those purporting to be from 
> > very, /very/ new Windows users, e.g. "My XP says I need driver?  Where 
> > from?<EOM>") to be email gathering ploys to catch addresses from 
> > /definately/ live accounts.
> 
>   I've wondered that, but this latest one (I haven't checked the others)
> has a From: address which appears at a quick glance to be a user of a
> legitimate Canadian ISP.  (see www.sympatico.ca)

But what would the point of an email gathering ploy /without/ a valid 
From: line?  Or do you mean "From", sans-colon?  FMI (For /My/ 
Information ... :-) is there any useful distinction to be made here?

jc