http://www.commoncraft.com/blog-categories/email The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en-us http://www.commoncraft.com/spammer-spoofing-my-email-address <p>How fun.&nbsp; Imagine my delight to wake up the last couple of days to find thousands of bounced emails - all with my address in the From: line.&nbsp; It's such an honor to see my address associated with other legitimate brands that are so proven in the fields of appendage enlargement.&nbsp;</p> <p>Here's what happens...</p> <p>A spammer needs to send spam emails and they don't want to use an address associated with them.&nbsp; So, they add someone else's address to the From: field of the email.&nbsp; When the email bounces, it comes to the person's address. In this case, me. <br> </p> <p><a href="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html" mce_href="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html">Spoofing</a> is a pretty common problem, but still painful. Apparently, there is little that can be done aside from filtering the incoming messages and hoping that people don't think you're sending the spam.&nbsp; I'm looking into adding an SPF (<a href="http://www.openspf.org/" mce_href="http://www.openspf.org/">Sender Policy Framework</a>) record, which can also help, I hear. Any other tips? </p> http://www.commoncraft.com/spammer-spoofing-my-email-address#comments email rant spam Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:12:31 +0000 leelefever 1653 at http://www.commoncraft.com http://www.commoncraft.com/spammer-spoofing-my-email-address <p>How fun.&nbsp; Imagine my delight to wake up the last couple of days to find thousands of bounced emails - all with my address in the From: line.&nbsp; It's such an honor to see my address associated with other legitimate brands that are so proven in the fields of appendage enlargement.&nbsp;</p> <p>Here's what happens...</p> <p>A spammer needs to send spam emails and they don't want to use an address associated with them.&nbsp; So, they add someone else's address to the From: field of the email.&nbsp; When the email bounces, it comes to the person's address. In this case, me. <br> </p> <p><a href="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html" mce_href="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html">Spoofing</a> is a pretty common problem, but still painful. Apparently, there is little that can be done aside from filtering the incoming messages and hoping that people don't think you're sending the spam.&nbsp; I'm looking into adding an SPF (<a href="http://www.openspf.org/" mce_href="http://www.openspf.org/">Sender Policy Framework</a>) record, which can also help, I hear. Any other tips? </p> http://www.commoncraft.com/spammer-spoofing-my-email-address#comments email rant spam Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:12:31 +0000 leelefever 1653 at http://www.commoncraft.com http://www.commoncraft.com/spammer-spoofing-my-email-address <p>How fun.&nbsp; Imagine my delight to wake up the last couple of days to find thousands of bounced emails - all with my address in the From: line.&nbsp; It's such an honor to see my address associated with other legitimate brands that are so proven in the fields of appendage enlargement.&nbsp;</p> <p>Here's what happens...</p> <p>A spammer needs to send spam emails and they don't want to use an address associated with them.&nbsp; So, they add someone else's address to the From: field of the email.&nbsp; When the email bounces, it comes to the person's address. In this case, me. <br> </p> <p><a href="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html" mce_href="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html">Spoofing</a> is a pretty common problem, but still painful. Apparently, there is little that can be done aside from filtering the incoming messages and hoping that people don't think you're sending the spam.&nbsp; I'm looking into adding an SPF (<a href="http://www.openspf.org/" mce_href="http://www.openspf.org/">Sender Policy Framework</a>) record, which can also help, I hear. Any other tips? </p> http://www.commoncraft.com/spammer-spoofing-my-email-address#comments email rant spam Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:12:31 +0000 leelefever 1653 at http://www.commoncraft.com http://www.commoncraft.com/spammer-spoofing-my-email-address <p>How fun.&nbsp; Imagine my delight to wake up the last couple of days to find thousands of bounced emails - all with my address in the From: line.&nbsp; It's such an honor to see my address associated with other legitimate brands that are so proven in the fields of appendage enlargement.&nbsp;</p> <p>Here's what happens...</p> <p>A spammer needs to send spam emails and they don't want to use an address associated with them.&nbsp; So, they add someone else's address to the From: field of the email.&nbsp; When the email bounces, it comes to the person's address. In this case, me. <br> </p> <p><a href="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html" mce_href="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html">Spoofing</a> is a pretty common problem, but still painful. Apparently, there is little that can be done aside from filtering the incoming messages and hoping that people don't think you're sending the spam.&nbsp; I'm looking into adding an SPF (<a href="http://www.openspf.org/" mce_href="http://www.openspf.org/">Sender Policy Framework</a>) record, which can also help, I hear. Any other tips? </p> http://www.commoncraft.com/spammer-spoofing-my-email-address#comments email rant spam Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:12:31 +0000 leelefever 1653 at http://www.commoncraft.com http://www.commoncraft.com/spammer-spoofing-my-email-address <p>How fun.&nbsp; Imagine my delight to wake up the last couple of days to find thousands of bounced emails - all with my address in the From: line.&nbsp; It's such an honor to see my address associated with other legitimate brands that are so proven in the fields of appendage enlargement.&nbsp;</p> <p>Here's what happens...</p> <p>A spammer needs to send spam emails and they don't want to use an address associated with them.&nbsp; So, they add someone else's address to the From: field of the email.&nbsp; When the email bounces, it comes to the person's address. In this case, me. <br> </p> <p><a href="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html" mce_href="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html">Spoofing</a> is a pretty common problem, but still painful. Apparently, there is little that can be done aside from filtering the incoming messages and hoping that people don't think you're sending the spam.&nbsp; I'm looking into adding an SPF (<a href="http://www.openspf.org/" mce_href="http://www.openspf.org/">Sender Policy Framework</a>) record, which can also help, I hear. Any other tips? </p> http://www.commoncraft.com/spammer-spoofing-my-email-address#comments email rant spam Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:12:31 +0000 leelefever 1653 at http://www.commoncraft.com http://www.commoncraft.com/spammer-spoofing-my-email-address <p>How fun.&nbsp; Imagine my delight to wake up the last couple of days to find thousands of bounced emails - all with my address in the From: line.&nbsp; It's such an honor to see my address associated with other legitimate brands that are so proven in the fields of appendage enlargement.&nbsp;</p> <p>Here's what happens...</p> <p>A spammer needs to send spam emails and they don't want to use an address associated with them.&nbsp; So, they add someone else's address to the From: field of the email.&nbsp; When the email bounces, it comes to the person's address. In this case, me. <br> </p> <p><a href="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html" mce_href="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html">Spoofing</a> is a pretty common problem, but still painful. Apparently, there is little that can be done aside from filtering the incoming messages and hoping that people don't think you're sending the spam.&nbsp; I'm looking into adding an SPF (<a href="http://www.openspf.org/" mce_href="http://www.openspf.org/">Sender Policy Framework</a>) record, which can also help, I hear. Any other tips? </p> http://www.commoncraft.com/spammer-spoofing-my-email-address#comments email rant spam Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:12:31 +0000 leelefever 1653 at http://www.commoncraft.com http://www.commoncraft.com/spammer-spoofing-my-email-address <p>How fun.&nbsp; Imagine my delight to wake up the last couple of days to find thousands of bounced emails - all with my address in the From: line.&nbsp; It's such an honor to see my address associated with other legitimate brands that are so proven in the fields of appendage enlargement.&nbsp;</p> <p>Here's what happens...</p> <p>A spammer needs to send spam emails and they don't want to use an address associated with them.&nbsp; So, they add someone else's address to the From: field of the email.&nbsp; When the email bounces, it comes to the person's address. In this case, me. <br> </p> <p><a href="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html" mce_href="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html">Spoofing</a> is a pretty common problem, but still painful. Apparently, there is little that can be done aside from filtering the incoming messages and hoping that people don't think you're sending the spam.&nbsp; I'm looking into adding an SPF (<a href="http://www.openspf.org/" mce_href="http://www.openspf.org/">Sender Policy Framework</a>) record, which can also help, I hear. Any other tips? </p> http://www.commoncraft.com/spammer-spoofing-my-email-address#comments email rant spam Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:12:31 +0000 leelefever 1653 at http://www.commoncraft.com http://www.commoncraft.com/spammer-spoofing-my-email-address <p>How fun.&nbsp; Imagine my delight to wake up the last couple of days to find thousands of bounced emails - all with my address in the From: line.&nbsp; It's such an honor to see my address associated with other legitimate brands that are so proven in the fields of appendage enlargement.&nbsp;</p> <p>Here's what happens...</p> <p>A spammer needs to send spam emails and they don't want to use an address associated with them.&nbsp; So, they add someone else's address to the From: field of the email.&nbsp; When the email bounces, it comes to the person's address. In this case, me. <br> </p> <p><a href="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html" mce_href="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html">Spoofing</a> is a pretty common problem, but still painful. Apparently, there is little that can be done aside from filtering the incoming messages and hoping that people don't think you're sending the spam.&nbsp; I'm looking into adding an SPF (<a href="http://www.openspf.org/" mce_href="http://www.openspf.org/">Sender Policy Framework</a>) record, which can also help, I hear. Any other tips? </p> http://www.commoncraft.com/spammer-spoofing-my-email-address#comments email rant spam Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:12:31 +0000 leelefever 1653 at http://www.commoncraft.com http://www.commoncraft.com/spammer-spoofing-my-email-address <p>How fun.&nbsp; Imagine my delight to wake up the last couple of days to find thousands of bounced emails - all with my address in the From: line.&nbsp; It's such an honor to see my address associated with other legitimate brands that are so proven in the fields of appendage enlargement.&nbsp;</p> <p>Here's what happens...</p> <p>A spammer needs to send spam emails and they don't want to use an address associated with them.&nbsp; So, they add someone else's address to the From: field of the email.&nbsp; When the email bounces, it comes to the person's address. In this case, me. <br> </p> <p><a href="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html" mce_href="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html">Spoofing</a> is a pretty common problem, but still painful. Apparently, there is little that can be done aside from filtering the incoming messages and hoping that people don't think you're sending the spam.&nbsp; I'm looking into adding an SPF (<a href="http://www.openspf.org/" mce_href="http://www.openspf.org/">Sender Policy Framework</a>) record, which can also help, I hear. Any other tips? </p> http://www.commoncraft.com/spammer-spoofing-my-email-address#comments email rant spam Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:12:31 +0000 leelefever 1653 at http://www.commoncraft.com http://www.commoncraft.com/spammer-spoofing-my-email-address <p>How fun.&nbsp; Imagine my delight to wake up the last couple of days to find thousands of bounced emails - all with my address in the From: line.&nbsp; It's such an honor to see my address associated with other legitimate brands that are so proven in the fields of appendage enlargement.&nbsp;</p> <p>Here's what happens...</p> <p>A spammer needs to send spam emails and they don't want to use an address associated with them.&nbsp; So, they add someone else's address to the From: field of the email.&nbsp; When the email bounces, it comes to the person's address. In this case, me. <br> </p> <p><a href="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html" mce_href="http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html">Spoofing</a> is a pretty common problem, but still painful. Apparently, there is little that can be done aside from filtering the incoming messages and hoping that people don't think you're sending the spam.&nbsp; I'm looking into adding an SPF (<a href="http://www.openspf.org/" mce_href="http://www.openspf.org/">Sender Policy Framework</a>) record, which can also help, I hear. Any other tips? </p> http://www.commoncraft.com/spammer-spoofing-my-email-address#comments email rant spam Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:12:31 +0000 leelefever 1653 at http://www.commoncraft.com