- Sam Spade (software)
Sam Spade is the name of a Windows software tool designed to assist in tracking down sources of
e-mail spam . It is also the name of a free web service that provides access to similar online tools. The Sam Spade utility was authored by Steve Atkins in 1997. It is named after the fictional characterSam Spade . The main features (query tools) are:
* Zone Transfer – ask aDNS server for all it knows about a domain
* SMTP Relay Check – check whether amail server allows third party relaying
* Scan Addresses – scan a range ofIP address es looking for open ports
* Crawl website – search a website, looking foremail address es, offsite links, etc
* Browse web – browse the web in a rawhttp format
* Check cancels – search yournews server for cancel messages
* Fast and Slow Traceroute – find the route packets take between you and a remote system
*S-Lang command – issue a scripting command; useful for debugging scripts
* Decode URL – decipher an obfuscated URL
* Parse email headers – reademail headers and make a guess about the origin of the emailExternal links
* [http://samspade.org/ Sam Spade] home page
* [http://preview.samspade.org/ssw/download.html Sam Spade download sites] Windows client download page
* [http://wordtothewise.com/ Word to the Wise] – the privately owned company inPalo Alto that now hosts Sam Spade and related services.
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