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I get this type of spam off and on and after you filter it it tends to go away as they use pictures in the spam to see that they get a ping back when they send it. An going right to the trash they don't get it. On Mar 16, 2008, at 5:53 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote: > Is there some way to back track e-mail spoofing to see where it is > coming from? > > I keep getting spam that appears to be from me however it is not. I > assume someone who has my e-mail address in their address book has a > virus or worm in their computer that is using e-mail addresses from > that person's address book in the "FROM" field of spam messages. > > Could the virus/worm possibly be on my Macintosh Intel computer? I do > not use any Windows product on this any computer I have. > > Anne Cartwright > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be March 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be March 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
