I have been getting these too. I think that this is just another slimy tactic being used to deliver spam. Send it out as a fake bounce message hoping that you will read the rubbish.
I guess they (the spammers) figure that since we, the abused, use fake bounces to try to trick them, they will use the same thing. On a similar topic, 'lolita' porn sites have been using a tactic like this in which the recipient is also shown as the sender and in the return header. Which brings up the question of why this fraudulent activity does not fall under existing laws. For example, if I sent out snail-mail advertising for hamburgers claiming that it came from MacDonalds (not McDonalds) would that not be deceptive advertising. Like wise if I sent out a typical spam email as a snail-mail, and gave a bogus return address on the envelope, even though the snail mail contained a real 800 number, would this not be fraud? So why doesn't this type of spoffing apply to emails? Tony On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Mad Martian wrote: > I have been getting bounce messages from emails that I did not send, that > also do not appear to be spoofing my address. In fact, my address does not > appear in the header at all, so why am I getting the bounce? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mail Delivery Subsystem [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 11:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Returned mail: Service unavailable > > > The original message was received at Tue, 19 Nov 2002 02:03:06 -0500 (EST) > from logs-tj.proxy.aol.com [152.163.213.135] > > > *** ATTENTION *** > > Your e-mail is being returned to you because there was a problem with its > delivery. The address which was undeliverable is listed in the section > labeled: "----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----". > > The reason your mail is being returned to you is listed in the section > labeled: "----- Transcript of Session Follows -----". > > The line beginning with "<<<" describes the specific reason your e-mail > could > not be delivered. The next line contains a second error message which is a > general translation for other e-mail servers. > > Please direct further questions regarding this message to your e-mail > administrator. > > --AOL Postmaster > > > > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > ... while talking to mx2.mail.yahoo.com.: > >>> DATA > <<< 554 delivery error: dd This user doesn't have a yahoo.com account > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - mta413.mail.yahoo.com > 554 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Service unavailable > _______________________________________________ spamcon-general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.spamcon.org/mailman/listinfo/spamcon-general#subscribers Subscribe, unsubscribe, etc: Use the URL above or send "help" in body of message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact administrator: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
