> My question is, what can I do about this? Is there any way to stop the
> incoming flow? I imagine I could set my incoming filters, but if there's
> somehow I can stop someone from using my email address to send messages,
> that would be ideal?
> Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
Jim --
My suggestion is to look at a few of the bounce messages, just to confirm
that your system really isn't generating the messages without your consent
(I notice your e-mail is tagged with the notation that a virus database is
out-of-date). If the e-mails really aren't coming from your system, just
grit your teeth and wait. It's probable that you didn't do anything to get
your address selected by the spammers sending these messages, and there's
precious little you can do to stop it. The least taxing approach is usually
just judicious use of the "delete" key for the bounce messages.
Periodically, spammers shift the "From" address that they use for such
campaigns. Characteristically, you'll receive a blizzard of bounce messages
for maybe a week, then fewer, arriving more intermittently, for another week
or two. Then, they pick someone else's address, and the whole thing just
passes back into the collective Internet e-phemera.
- Ed Ward
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edward @ mail . wvnet . edu
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