OMFG I hate those spammers

Ennia · Post by **Ennia** » August 12, 2003, 12:58 am

Some fucking moron used my e-mail to send some mass e-mail junk and now my mail box is bombarded with undelivered mail messages.
WTF did I do to someone?

Anyone have any advice what to do? I have a bad feeling this is another address I will have to scrap and make a new one somewhere else

I want a do-no-email list on top of do-not-call ASAP grrrrr

Truant · Post by **Truant** » August 12, 2003, 2:51 am

At&T customers are having this problem. No doubt as a result of having their email addresses sold to advertisers.

What isp or mail service are you using?

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » August 12, 2003, 9:19 am

Having the same problem, but with that old Clez virus getting bouned back to me. None of my systems are infected, but..

Ennia · Post by **Ennia** » August 12, 2003, 11:24 am

it's an msn.com address and some of the bounced mail has the original mail at the bottom, which is a Viagra ad. I clicked on it and got to a site that sells this shit, of course there's a buy option but nowhere any contact info for the company

Is there any way to screw them somehow? I'm steaming mad now

Fenna · Post by **Fenna** » August 12, 2003, 2:36 pm

The first thing I would do is change your password on your e-mail account. That's all it took to stop it when it happened to me. Good luck.

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » August 12, 2003, 3:57 pm

The problem is that many administrators (idiots) bring up mail servers and don't secure them from mail relay. Other than dumping the email address, there's nothing you can do about someone using your address as the source. The mail didn't even have to ever touch an MSN server, though it wouldn't suprise me too much if it had.

The "do not call" and "no spam" lists are totally unenforceable, in the long run you're likely better off not signing up. Especially if they are declared illegal (likely), then all that infomartion will become public record.

Ennia · Post by **Ennia** » August 12, 2003, 5:49 pm

very interesting article on msm.com (!) today

http://www.msnbc.com/news/940853.asp

looks like Aabi said, better to scrap that addy and start over than play a Don Kichot

couple of interesting tid bits

Of course, distributing the spam e-mail itself is the first and most important step. For that, spammers turn to bulk e-mail software like Send-Safe, which allows them to fake the name listed in the “from” line.

A former employee at an e-mail marketing company that claims to engage in only opt-in marketing campaigns revealed just how this works, under condition of anonymity.
When she worked there, people were constantly added to “opt-in” lists whether they opted in or not, she said. Frequently, marketers approached her firm with e-mail lists and spam campaign e-mails. Her company never asked where the e-mail addresses came from; it certainly didn’t require proof that the consumer had “opted in.” When complaints came, they pinned the problem on the partner. And remove requests were completely ignored, she said.

“You implement one new technology hurdle, that slows them down for days or weeks, but they eventually adapt,” said Ray Everett-Church, chief privacy officer for ePrivacy Group.
And now, this latest adaptation. The worlds of computer virus writers and spammers have merged, says Stewart. Trojan horses are being placed on home computers around the Internet, making them willing accomplices to spam campaigns. Hiding behind the IP address of a home computer is nearly the perfect disguise.