[rescue] Notify about your e-mail account utilization.

Mike Meredith mike at blackhairy.demon.co.uk
Wed Mar 17 11:37:41 CST 2004


On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 10:56:17 -0500, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> About three months ago I noticed a change in the spam.

It only looks like a change for you in particular.

> Tons of it started coming that were faked to look like it had come
> from me.  I was catching bounces from other people's systems, and

>From you, or your domain ? Is it being sent from "name_[az][az]" ?

Spammers have been forging legitimate mail domains (and sometimes
legitimate mail addresses) for many years. It used to be the occasional
spam run with the 'backsplash' pointed at my work domains; these days
it's a routine every-day occurance.



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