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Re: OT: Change of address

2004-07-07 12:24:19
"Paul Iadonisi" asked


....
  On a related note, has anyone else received a marked increase in spam,
particularly if you use a custom one for this list?  I usually see a
gradual increase in spam directed at each of my email addresses for each
list as I post more and more time passes.  I've seen a significant spike
in a relatively short period of time to the address I use on this list.
....

Yep,
I reported last week that the day I registered for this list (before I had even
posted to it) my domain was used in something that looked like a virus-carrier -
I had 40 bounces from messages originated on 40 different machines all over the
world during the next 4 days - all forging my domain and using random local
parts.

A small number of different message subjects were involved
(" I have spyware, please help txir", "Spyware is everywhere! rsys" "Urgent -
CONSUMER ALERT ohfye"  etc. etc.)

Interestingly, they ceased arriving within an hour or so of my reporting the
'coincidence' here. (Should I thank someone?)

Chris Haynes



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