And it doesn't come from your computer or server. I get many bounced mails from supposedly sent from me that and incorrect address. I didn't send them but when they bounce they come to me. I get lots of junk mail from people at major corporations, that I know there servers are not infected, and they are not sending it out. It is not an open relaying either. It is just spoofing.
> -----Original Message----- > From: David Mann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 12:58 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: E-mails Purportedly from Me > > > On Jun 16, 2004, at 12:31 PM, Yefei He wrote: > > > It's been known for a few years that there are worms that > > propagate themselves with spoofed sender's email addresses. > > It's a trick used by spammers as well. The other day I received 191 > bounced emails because someone had sent spam with my email as the > return address, to a whole bunch of addresses that don't exist. > > Cheers, > > - Dave > > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ > >
