On 13 Sep 2006 13:32:59 -0700, Paul Rubin
wrote:

writes:
Then let's have The Real Sam tell us that from ishipress.com. Until
then, I consider all others to be fake.

Mike, you're missing the point. You have to consider EVERY message
claiming to be from Sam to be a possible fake, whether it says
ishipress.com on it or not. I think there have been some faked
messages from the ishipress.com address, though I haven't kept careful
track.

There are still some header fields the forger(s) doesn't seem to have
figured out how to fake, but the hostname isn't one of them.

OK. I am responding, but Paul Rubin is correct. The fact that a
posting comes from does not prove that it is from
the real me, as that address is trivially easy to fake.

A better way would be to look at the NNTP Posting Host, which until
recently was:
NNTP-Posting-Host: 68.199.110.255

However, it seems to have changed, although I have not moved or
changed ISPs. Now, it seems to be:

NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.120.148.215

That is very difficult to fake.

The overwhelming majority of postings by "Sam Sloan" recently have
been fake, so I believe that you should assume that all of them are
fake unless they obviously come from me.

I am disappointed that Michael Atkins, a fairly experienced poster,
has just twice responded to Fake Sam Sloan postings.

Please note that a new Fake Sam Sloan has just appeared, who seems to
be posting from Australia.

The Real Sam Sloan