How do I block this?

[Janina Sajka]

I've been trying to do my bit against spam recently. Among other things, I 
forward full headers to major services like abuse at yahoo.com, 
abuse@[whoever.xxx], and I keep an active kill filter which I add to 
dilligently. Among other things, as I said.

Recently, I came across the following header, and it has me befuddled. How 
did they manage to make me out like the bad guy? The to: field seems 
blank, but I'm the reply-to. Seems to me the culpirt may be an insecure 
sag01.pumford.com. Is that a reasonableguess? But how did they work it to 
make me the reply-to? And, might I be the reply-to in someone else's 
mailbox?

I'm just curious to learn a bit more.

 Return-Path: <janina//afb.net at 165.212.14.253>
Received: from localhost (toccata.grg.afb.net [127.0.0.1])
        by toccata.dsl092-170-083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) 
with ESMTP id g0BA45u12826
        for <janina at localhost>; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 05:04:05 -0500
From: janina//afb.net at 165.212.14.253
Received: from 165.212.14.253 [165.212.14.253]
        by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.9.0)
        for janina at localhost (single-drop); Fri, 11 Jan 2002 05:04:05 
-0500 (EST)
Received: USA.NET MXFirewall, messaging filters applied; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 
10:02:26 GMT
Received: from emdvg003.eservices.usa.net [165.212.54.10] by 
umdvg002.cms.usa.net via mtad (53CM.1001.1.06)
        with ESMTP id 762gakkcw0058M02; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:02:23 GMT
Received: from sag01.pumford.com [64.7.165.19] by 
emdvg003.eservices.usa.net via mtad (ES.0801.2.03);
        Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:02:28 GMT
Received: from QRJATYDI (216.208.16.34 [216.208.16.34]) by 
sag01.pumford.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail
    Service Version 5.5.2650.21)
        id CFA4V5AG; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 04:50:14 -0500
To:
Subject: Are you healthy and wealthy? You are lucky!
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 12:45:58 +-0800
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
http://www.openebook.org