> The following mail item, which I allegedly sent (I did not) > bounced back to me from PLUG, because the mail item was > too big. I never sent this mail to PLUG. I believe that > some spam mailer program somewhere got hold of my email address > and used it to send this spam mail (possibly carrying a virus?) > to many different addresses. How does a ligitimate email address > owner prevent his email address from being illegally used like > this?
email domain forgery? i think spf & ms caller-id can help you. spf home @ http://spf.pobox.com/ in my network, i always block outbound access to port 25, minimizing spams coming from inside (windows PCs). -- Edelberto S. Mania CISP/NOC -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
