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An AppleScript to forward spam to the FTC via Mail
Authored by: sjk on Feb 27, '06 07:16:27PM

I just noticed robg's footnote to your original hint says "though I had to first hit Command-Option-U to display the raw source". I wonder if that's why tmneast noticed different results with it during his "forwarding with full headers" testing.

PS: Maybe more detailed discussion (if any) belongs in the forum? It's awkward following the different topic subthreads here.



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An AppleScript to forward spam to the FTC via Mail
Authored by: tmneast on Mar 02, '06 04:30:55AM

I don't know why it didn't work the first time, but it has worked properly ever since. The full raw version of the spam e-mail is sent in the body of the forwarded mail. (I'm using Mail 1.3.11 (v622) under OS X 10.3.9, in case that matters.)

If you change the mailto address to your own, you can see exactly what the FTC will see. It appears the contents would be identical to what an attachment would contain.

I think I'll change the script so the subject line of the forwarded message begins with "Fwd: " to make it clearer.



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