Real Simple Magazine: Advertising People Magazine to a Spamtrap?

Real Simple magazine is spamming a second spamtrap, advertising a different magazine that I assume is part of the same group of magazines. The ESP, as before, is Cheetahmail, a subsidiary of Experian.

Real Simple is sending its mailings from an IP range, not a single IP. Different IPs seem to be used for different email addresses, so the IP range is provided below and the last part of the IP address is redacted in the headers.

Sending IPs: 66.165.100.168-66.165.100.173

Spam Sample:

Actual Headers:

Received: from mta<xxx>.timeinc.chtah.com (mta<xxx>.timeinc.chtah.com [66.165.100.<xxx>])
        by <xxx> (Postfix) with SMTP id <xxx>
        for <xxx>; Tue,  1 Nov 2011 11:xx:xx -0500 (CDT)
DomainKey-Signature: <xxx>
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 16:xx:xx -0000
Message-ID: <<xxx>@mta<xxx>.realsimple.chtah.com>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:rm-<xxx>@realsimple.chtah.com>
From: "RealSimple" <RealSimple@realsimple.chtah.com>
To: <xxx>
Subject: Save $1.00 on PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive issue
MIME-Version: 1.0
Reply-To: "RealSimple" <support-<xxx>@realsimple.chtah.com>
Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=<xxx>"

Readable Email:

From: RealSimple <RealSimple@realsimple.chtah.com>
To: <spamtrap>
Subject: Save $1.00 on PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive issue
Reply-To: RealSimple <support-<xxx>@realsimple.chtah.com>

View RealSimple email with images at
http://realsimple.chtah.com/<xxx>

People
SEXIEST MAN ALIVE – Special Double Issue

ON NEWSTANDS 11/18/2011

Find Out Who Will Be People Magazine’s SEXIEST MAN ALIVE For 2011!
PLUS:
– Hollywood’s Hottest Heartthrobs
– Sexy At Every Age
– Rising Stars: Having Their Moment
– Sexy and Shirtless!

SAVE $1.00
CLICK HERE >>
http://realsimple.chtah.com/<xxx>

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