----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 7:40 PM Subject: Re: v*r*s question
> On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 05:31:10PM -0600, Steve Sloan II wrote: > > > From what I understand, it's option two, with three as a side > > effect. It infected somebody who has your email address in their > > address book, then used that information to send itself in your name > > to other systems. One of those other systems had an automated virus > > scanner, that griped at you because the virus it got claimed to be > > from you. > > A couple weeks ago I started getting a lot of spam slipping through my > filter ( bogofilter is what I use ). It actually appears to be mail > sent by automated mail responders in reply to spam sent to them with > my return address. Since my filter was originally trained to consider > such bounce messages to be important messages and not spam, these get > through my filters (I'm trying to retrain the filters, but as a result > I may miss some legitimate bounce message in the future). A lot of the > time the automated mail responder does not copy the entire spam message > to me, except for the subject, so in that case the spam has no chance > of having its intended effect on me (getting me to buy their product > or visit their web site or whatever). But often enough the mailers DO > copy the entire spam, so in effect the original spammers trick these > automated mail responders into to spamming me for them, and it is quite > effective since the original spammer would not have gotten through my > filter but the "legitimate" sender does get though the filters. > > I'm still wondering whether that was the spammer's intended goal, or > whether the spammers just wanted a valid email address to forge their > From: and Reply-To:, and I was their unlucky choice. > > Anyway, if I have any point in this rambling, it is that anyone > setting up automated mail responders should be VERY careful. You may > inadvertently be spamming innocent victims! I'm getting similar kinds of mail, viral and spam. Of course my anti-virus kills the viruses, but the spam is getting to be quite annoying. I've noticed that my addy is being spoofed by a few spammers and I'm guessing that it is so I can't killfile them to prevent the spam. xponent Spam Trends Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
