Check the faq archive at http://www.landfield.com/faqs and see how hard it is.
I have written programs to do this although not for the same purpose as the
spammer.
# The point is that they can directly grep through Reply-To: instead of From:.
Exactly.
# > Besides messing up the Periodic Postings listing and potentially confusing
# > the archiving software on RTFM, there is the effect that you will have on
# > your readership and your local Mail Administrator.
#
# For us FAQ maintainers, I guess readership and local system administration
# is a less serious problem. Messing up and confusing the archiving software
# had a more serious implication.
I'd think the readership would be the first concern. ;-)
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