[OT Re: SPAM Problem]

[Greg Maruszeczka]

Aaron Siegel wrote:
> Hello
> 
> This message is off topic but I was not sure were else I can go to get help 
> with my problem.  For the past week I have been receiving messages from 
> various mail servers which have bounced messages I have not sent but have my 
> email address as the originator of the bounced message. I believe there are 
> some SPAMers using my email address on their SPAM. I would really like to 
> avoid changing my domain name.  Has anyone experienced this problem? Is there 
> something I can do?  
> 

It's probably "blowback" resulting from the activities of worm-infected
windows hosts. Someone you correspond with got infected and the worm
subsequently propagated itself by picking your name from their address
book and inserting it into the from: header of the message carrying the
worm. Then, badly configured MTAs send "helpful" NDRs to the "sender"
informing them that they're messages couldn't be delivered

Pretty routine, really.

G