Re: Help: my e-mail address is being spoofed by a spammer!

[Barry Campbell <barry -dot- campbell -at- gmail -dot- com>]

On 1/19/06, Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca> wrote:
> I suppose it had to happen. In the past couple hours, some spammer has
> used my e-mail address to spoof the "from:" line of their e-mail
> headers. In the past hour, I've received several hundred bounce
> messages for mail I never sent. (Fortunately, my junk mail filter traps
> most of it.)

Geoff,

Spoofed headers are extremely common.

If you have actively peeved someone, there is an outside chance that
you have been deliberately targeted -- this is called a "Joe Job."

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_job

In all likelihood, your e-mail/domain combo was just selected at random.

It sucks.  There's very little you can do about it.

My sympathies.  Just wait it out.  And swear a lot.

- bc

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