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Ok, after following the link I was given, and the link Steve just gave; I think it's somewhat less likely that the NRA is getting personally identifying information from people completing this survey. Since the survey is being run by a 3rd party, they'd have to give referrer information back to the NRA. Most likely, the survey company is just using the referrer info to screen out duplicates.

So I take back about 65% of what I said earlier, but the gist of my comments still stand. I'll edit what I wrote.

[EDIT] SEE MY COMMENTS LATER IN THE THREAD. Based on further info I received, I doubt that the NRA is doing anything with the personal information they are gathering, nefarious or not. [END EDIT]

Wow. It looks legit. The IP that the message was received from your your mailserver is the IP owned by nranews.org.

And, based on the way the URL was done, it might be uniquely identified; and maybe even personally identifiable. The "Unsubscribe" URL is nearly the same as the "take the survey" URL.

Most likely, this is just an oversight based on the software that NRA uses to run their contact management; and I doubt that anything shady is going on.

NRA really does need to get with the times though, and be careful with these kinds of things. Geeks like me tend to get upset when companies misuse (accidentally or on purpose) personal information. If you read geek blogs like Slashdot, or slightly lesser geek blogs like The Consumerist, you'll see just how upset some people get.

http://www.nranews.org" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; as a return address sounds very fishy to me.

Do me a favor, if you still have the email?
Check the headers (PM me if you need instructions on how to do that) and PM them to me if you don't mind. By sending me the headers, you'll be letting me know what your real e-mail address is, so don't do that if you're not comfortable with me knowing.

I'm guessing it was spoofed, but if you post the headers, I'll be able to maybe tell.