On Apr 7, 2008, at 3:27 PM, Paul G. Allen wrote:
Has anyone ales seen this type of spam in their mail accounts or is
it just that some ass face out there in spam land decided to use my
mail address for a while?
Welcome to the joys of backscatter: the reflections of spammers cast
upon you. As spammers cycle through email addresses when forging
sender information, just about everyone with an email address will
eventually get tagged by this.
Asshats will then report the server sending the DSN/bounce as a spammer.
True asshats will report the DSN/bouncing server to spamcop, and block
mail based on spamcop's RBLs.
Ultimate asshats will then take the extra step of emailing you
separately to inform you of the fact that you've been listed on
spamcop, can't run an email domain for shit, and should be blackholed
off the internet.
Nice people will simply hit delete, curse the spammers, and move on
with life.
I've dealt with a fair number of asshats, in case you couldn't tell.
Gregory
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