My email is being used for spam - Help!

[Barrucadu]

Return-Path: <[email protected]>
Delivered-To: [email protected]
Received: from Postfix filter 42a77884ce2a0a03efc6bb50a6dcdb21 (smtpin-71.livemail.co.uk [127.0.0.1])
by smtpin-71.livemail.co.uk (Postfix) with SMTP id 868056AC08A
for <[email protected]>; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:08:32 +0000 (GMT)
Received: from h-74-0-114-6.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net (h-74-0-114-6.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net [74.0.114.6])
by smtpin-71.livemail.co.uk (Postfix) with SMTP id C74246AC08A
for <[email protected]>; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:08:25 +0000 (GMT)
To: [email protected]
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:08:25 +0000 (GMT)
From: [email protected]
X-Original-To: [email protected]

we email advertise your charity web site to 7,500,000 people. free.

http://www.emailsolutioncorp.com

What on earth can I do to stop my email address being used for spam purposes?

 

[stscac]

I get those a lot. I find that its through my whois address many times.

-Steve

 

[Barrucadu]

I get those a lot. I find that its through my whois address many times.

-Steve

So, nothing to panic about then? Its just that when I saw the sender "[email protected]" I just thought "what the hell..?"

 

[stscac]

99% You're all set. No security to worry about.

Looks like its being sent from San Jose, California, USA
http://whois.domaintools.com/74.0.114.6

-Steve

 

[Dan]

I get about 20 returned emails every day to random email addresses with my domain. :td:

(I get the same email you posted once or so per day, too.)

 

[Mark]

If I were you .... I'd remove your email from the above post(s)

No need to add more spam to you by allowing bots to find them :o

 

[movingconcierge]

I had the same thing from one of my names...I got like 300 returned viagra and phenogrowyourdick drug spams per day.

I called my host and told them about it. They said it was spoof mail. Apparently these sacks of monkey shit know how to make your email conceal their location so you don't find them and kick them in the rickies...

Unless you host your own site, it is your host who needs to ratchet down the security. But that wouldn't do any good if G bans your site.

 

[franchise]

What on earth can I do to stop my email address being used for spam purposes?

I got the same EXACT email...with my email address on it of course.
Definitely from whois search....

 

[Barrucadu]

Apparently these sacks of monkey shit know how to make your email conceal their location so you don't find them and kick them in the rickies...

I know, its actually very easy to have a fake reply-to and from address, just tell the SMTP server the wrong address.

Mark, I already get so much spam, i'm sure the extra generated by this topic wont be that bad.

 

[dodah]

lol now i feel much better knowing it was not just me suffering from thos viagra mails and oher drugs too...and i reported those alot but they still come.so now i can just join the club

 

[bluearrow]

Its pretty normal and nothing much to worry i think and theres nothing much we can do about it , I get 20-30 this kind of mails everyday too.
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