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1. Computer Question -- Spoofed e-mails (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 19:01:38 -0500; My fiancee and I both have our own domains. She has her e-mail forwarded to a webmail account; I use a POP3 account. Recently, we've both been getting messages bounced back to us that we never sent.; /html/shop-talk/2007-02/msg00037.html (7,932 bytes)
2. RE: Computer Question -- Spoofed e-mails (score: 1): Author: "Joel Zysman" <jpzysman@bellsouth.net>; Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 19:23:54 -0500; There could be a couple of things causing this. It could be anything from someone intentionally spoofing from your domain; to somebody's machine being zombied and sending emails using addresses from; /html/shop-talk/2007-02/msg00038.html (8,922 bytes)
3. Re: Computer Question -- Spoofed e-mails (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 19:39:46 -0500; I'm pretty sure it's not our personal machines being "zombied" as you call it -- we both use macs, we use completely different e-mail mechanisms (POP3 vs. webmail), the addresses that send the mail a; /html/shop-talk/2007-02/msg00039.html (9,986 bytes)
4. RE: Computer Question -- Spoofed e-mails (score: 1): Author: "Joel Zysman" <jpzysman@bellsouth.net>; Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 19:49:29 -0500; Oops Sorry Matt, I was not being very clear. If someone you have sent an email to, or has your email address in their Mail client, and their machine is exploited and turned into a zombie, it could al; /html/shop-talk/2007-02/msg00040.html (8,949 bytes)
5. Re: Computer Question -- Spoofed e-mails (score: 1): Author: Shannah Miller <shannah@pobox.com>; Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 16:50:27 -0800 (PST); Joel's point still stands: it could easily be someone else's machine that is the zombie. That said, my suggestion is to get accounts at pobox.com, and gradually migrate your contacts over. There are; /html/shop-talk/2007-02/msg00041.html (8,593 bytes)
6. Re: Computer Question -- Spoofed e-mails (score: 1): Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>; Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 17:04:59 -0800 (PST); I have been having exactly the same problem with my domain (dougbraun.com) for several months. And as far as I have been able to tell, there is indeed nothing that you can do about it. It is a fundam; /html/shop-talk/2007-02/msg00042.html (8,563 bytes)
7. Re: Computer Question -- Spoofed e-mails (score: 1): Author: ericm@lne.com; Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 17:07:03 -0800; Spam zombies send spam to the email addresses they are told to by their master, who has a big list of addresses to spam. You're thinking of mail-based worms, which use the address book of the account; /html/shop-talk/2007-02/msg00043.html (9,676 bytes)
8. RE: Computer Question -- Spoofed e-mails (score: 1): Author: "Joel Zysman" <jpzysman@bellsouth.net>; Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 20:10:09 -0500; Oops Sorry Matt, I was not being very clear. If someone you have sent an email to, or has your email address in their Mail client, and their machine is exploited and turned into a zombie, it could al; /html/shop-talk/2007-02/msg00044.html (8,530 bytes)
9. Re: Computer Question -- Spoofed e-mails (score: 1): Author: Matt Trebelhorn <matt.lists@trebelhorn.com>; Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 20:44:26 -0500; Thanks -- that makes a little more sense. I've sent the registrar/ host (yes, same company) the question about who is spoofing the email addresses. I'll let you know if I hear anything. I use my mac'; /html/shop-talk/2007-02/msg00045.html (9,619 bytes)
10. RE: Computer Question -- Spoofed e-mails (score: 1): Author: PJ McGarvey <pj_mcgarvey@hotmail.com>; Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 14:55:09 -0500; There has been a big move by spammers in the past year or so to use "botnets" or "zombies" as has been referred to here, for sending spam. Spam blockers used to rely partly on blocking mail from "ope; /html/shop-talk/2007-02/msg00047.html (8,757 bytes)
11. RE: Computer Question -- Spoofed e-mails (score: 1): Author: Mark Andy <mark@sccaprepared.com>; Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 19:44:33 -0500 (EST); Seems like if we started executing spammers, the incidence of spam would drop down. I mean, sure its tough to catch them and such, but a few executions should help I think. Mark; /html/shop-talk/2007-02/msg00050.html (8,810 bytes)
12. RE: Computer Question -- Spoofed e-mails (score: 1): Author: Shannah Miller <shannah@pobox.com>; Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 18:34:10 -0800 (PST); Actually, the vast majority of your spam comes from people who are incredibly stupid. They hear these tales of how much money they are going to make, and jump for it. There are people making money sp; /html/shop-talk/2007-02/msg00051.html (8,029 bytes)
13. RE: Computer Question -- Spoofed e-mails (score: 1): Author: PJ McGarvey <pj_mcgarvey@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 09:00:47 -0500; Spammers also use their 'botnets' for much more nefarious reasons than trying to sell you pharmaceuticals and "hot stock tips". The spam you get might be more than just a sales opportunity, it could; /html/shop-talk/2007-02/msg00052.html (10,432 bytes)
14. RE: Computer Question -- Spoofed e-mails (score: 1): Author: eric@megageek.com; Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 09:11:25 -0500; PJ writes... >Sometimes a secondary account can be used for stuff such as this. For >example What I do is create a new account for each service I give my email to. Like my account for ebay, would be; /html/shop-talk/2007-02/msg00053.html (8,980 bytes)
15. RE: Computer Question -- Spoofed e-mails (score: 1): Author: Vin Marshall <vlm@te-motorworks.com>; Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:29:58 -0500; On the topic of differentiating the email addresses given to different For people with mail servers that behave like sendmail (most of which I think do?) , things after a '+' in your email address ar; /html/shop-talk/2007-02/msg00054.html (10,059 bytes)
16. RE: Computer Question -- Spoofed e-mails (score: 1): Author: "Mullen, Tim" <Tim.Mullen@ngc.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 11:12:19 -0500; I would respectfully contradict this statement. I'm ashamed to say, I have a nephew that used to be in the spamming business. He's the smart one, that "worked" about 10 hours a week. The one that has; /html/shop-talk/2007-02/msg00055.html (9,947 bytes)
17. Re: Computer Question -- Spoofed e-mails (score: 1): Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>; Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:43:15 -0800; There's four approaches for dealing with spam. One, ignore it. Two, run 'throwaway' accounts as you've mentioned. Three, run your own mailserver or filtering apparatus and throw EVERYTHING at the pr; /html/shop-talk/2007-02/msg00056.html (8,206 bytes)
18. RE: Computer Question -- Spoofed e-mails (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 15:19:04 -0800; <APPLAUSE> Randall (Tedious but unavoidable disclaimer follows) CONFIDENTIALITY. This electronic mail and any files transmitted with it may contain information proprietary to NavCom Technology, Inc.; /html/shop-talk/2007-02/msg00058.html (8,904 bytes)
19. RE: Computer Question -- Spoofed e-mails (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 16:00:31 -0800; At least one more ... have your email client filter based on which IP address it got the mail from. It takes some time and effort to form and maintain the list, but it seems at least as effective as; /html/shop-talk/2007-02/msg00059.html (9,699 bytes)
20. Re: Computer Question -- Spoofed e-mails (score: 1): Author: Rush <jdrush@enter.net>; Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:29:37 -0500; One more tool that has made my life very simple when it comes to spam. Mailwasher Pro: http://www.firetrust.com/firetrustpro.html It's impossible to have you computer infected by a spam virus when it; /html/shop-talk/2007-02/msg00060.html (8,092 bytes)

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