Hijacked email address.

mark m.roth2006 at rcn.com
Wed Apr 16 12:32:19 UTC 2008


Jose,

Jose R R wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:45 PM, mark <m.roth2006 at rcn.com> wrote:
>> Jose R R wrote:
>>> Good morning (California), RH list members-
>>>
>>> Any suggestions on how to deal with those who take over one's reputable
>>> email address to send spam??  This morning I have received an
>> considerable
>>> amount of returned emails that I never sent out but that have as return
>> path
>>> the usual p***y cowards' signature <>  and some even my actual email
<snip>
> One thing that I noted in some batch of 63 returned is that 51 of those
> have: X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138
<snip.
Oh, *crap*. Are all the emails you've gotten from the same IP? If not, double
crap, since that would mean you're being used by a botnet.

	mark




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