lomoto Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I have had a recent spate of spam emails sent by me to me ??... WTF that all about ??? how can this be possible ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndySpak Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I'd run a virus checker on your PC... Has anyone else been receiving spamemails from you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavis Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I have had a recent spate of spam emails sent by me to me ??... WTF that all about ??? how can this be possible ? Boredom? Only kidding Tim, i really don't know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomoto Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 I'd run a virus checker on your PC... Has anyone else been receiving spamemails from you? no, not that I know off, I run an automatic virus check everyday ?? I seem to be recieving a lot with what looks to Greek Writing on as well They all go on my blocked list but it soon fills up and I have to start all over again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLizard Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 it is possible to spoof any email address you want. so there are a few possibilities 1. Some spammer is spoofing your address and sending you rubbish. More likely a bot, bot being a drone pc that has picked your mail address up from somewhere and spoofing you own address so it doesnt get blocked. 2. You have a virus, but for that to be effective you would need outlook, outlook express or some mail client actually installed on your pc, so not hotmail/yahoo etc that work over net. the virus goes through your contacts and then uses you isp to send mail out as you 3. Someone with your contact has a virus which is trying to spread. This has happened a few times this year. What your isp or email provider should do is check the reverse dns on where the email is coming from, but a lot dont bother hope that wasnt to confusing, i would suggest as has been mentioned running a virus check, otherwise getting in touch with email provider. MrL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 it is possible to spoof any email address you want. so there are a few possibilities 1. Some spammer is spoofing your address and sending you rubbish. More likely a bot, bot being a drone pc that has picked your mail address up from somewhere and spoofing you own address so it doesnt get blocked. 2. You have a virus, but for that to be effective you would need outlook, outlook express or some mail client actually installed on your pc, so not hotmail/yahoo etc that work over net. the virus goes through your contacts and then uses you isp to send mail out as you 3. Someone with your contact has a virus which is trying to spread. This has happened a few times this year. What your isp or email provider should do is check the reverse dns on where the email is coming from, but a lot dont bother hope that wasnt to confusing, i would suggest as has been mentioned running a virus check, otherwise getting in touch with email provider. MrL +1 what he said. Also if you can on the email software (I know you can in Gmail) see if you can see the "source" of the email. It will contail not only the email txt but a lot of other crap like where the email has come from. Sometimes all they do is set the display name of the email address to be the same as yours and not the acutal email address itself. Code is from my tax renewal and can help trace who its from: Delivered-To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Received: by 10.100.208.12 with SMTP id f12cs5637ang; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:05:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.150.7 with SMTP id x7mr4072338hud.52.1206003923652; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:05:23 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.fjserv.net (zem.fjserv.net [xxxxxxxx]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id p28si831479hub.59.2008.03.20.02.05.22; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:05:23 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: xxxxxxxxxx is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of donotreply@vehiclelicence.gov.uk) client-ip=xxxxxxxxxx; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=neutral (google.com: xxxxxxxx is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of donotreply@vehiclelicence.gov.uk) smtp.mail=donotreply@vehiclelicence.gov.uk Received: from [10.5.32.33] (port=54867 helo=wlogic04) by smtp1.fjserv.net with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1JcGCY-0002Cr-E6 for xxxxxxxxxx; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:32:42 +0000 Message-ID: <2062428388.1206001962312.JavaMail.beaevl@wlogic04> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:32:42 +0000 (GMT) From: Vehicle Licensing Online Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomoto Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 I havwe just put a block on my own email address It seems to work and I can still send emails OK.. just ran a spybot check and cleared a lot of problems off.. thanks for the input chaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebized Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 it is possible to spoof any email address you want. so there are a few possibilities 1. Some spammer is spoofing your address and sending you rubbish. More likely a bot, bot being a drone pc that has picked your mail address up from somewhere and spoofing you own address so it doesnt get blocked. Like Lomoto, Ive been getting these too - ever since Tiscali took over Pipex (who used to be one of the better IPs I was told 6 years ago), the spamming has been getting steadily worse. I suspect most of the problem is due to what Mr L says above but is there any straightforward way of stopping it, rather than using a different e-mail address as changing that from a business standpoint would be a real headache? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 schizophrenic ?? similar thing happened in fight club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chesterfield Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 What your isp or email provider should do is check the reverse dns on where the email is coming from, but a lot dont bother While that will certainly reduce spam by a large amount, it brings with it some very difficult situations which some ISP's fail to recognise. A lot of small businesses, forums, private individuals etc may have their own domain, but not necesarily exclusivity over the IP address. To cut a story short, this does result in a lot of small businesses, organistaions or indeed forums being unable to converse with customers or members that are with an ISP that uses reverse DNS without providing any option for their customers to turn off the action for selected sender addresses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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