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  1. #1
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    Some spammer is using my email as his reply-to!

    Some random spammer(s) is using my email address ( a catch-all at my domain) as a reply-to address and is just spamming the heck out of people! Every day for the past week I have opened my inbox to find 10s if not 100s of Delivery Failure notifications, Undeliverable notifications, "message blocked" notifications....

    It's getting ridiculous! Does anyone have any clue what I can do to stop it!? Now my email will likely be blacklisted for spamming!
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  2. #2
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    You could setup SPF -- just be glad you're not being had like we are: Someone's using my e-mail address to spam other hosting company's support desks!

    Yay.

  3. #3
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    You'll probably have to change addresses and abandon the account.
    If the delivery failure notices include the spammer's webpages and headers, maybe if you report the spams to his ISP the spammer might notice a surge in accounts getting closed and try changing the forged address to see if it helps.
    If you find that the spammer seems to have bullet-proof spam-hosting, and if the spam host is in the U.S., you could bring a complaint against the host to the District Attorney's office for aiding and abetting identity theft. Include at least one copy of the complaint that you made to the spam-host. I send a Bcc to myself when I send spam complaints. The charge might not stick, but the spam-host might decide it's a good idea to inform their client to use a different forged address.

  4. #4
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    Which spammer is it? What kind of stuff is he advertising?

  5. #5
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    I might abandon my catch-all address, far too many horror stories involving spam

  6. #6
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    cath-all = problems

  7. #7
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    site blackhole FTW

  8. #8
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    This happens alot nowadays..sucks to say the least.

  9. #9
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    I get the same thing with *@prioritycolo.com addresses (random addy's based off the domain), which is a PITA. Sad thing is, we have SPF records setup, I dont know how much it helps, but I do know AOL bounce notifications dont pay any attention to the SPF records (fskcing AOL, the devil of email).
    Myles Loosley-Millman - admin@prioritycolo.com
    Priority Colo Inc. - Affordable Colocation & Dedicated Servers.
    Two Canadian facilities serving Toronto & Markham, Ontario
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  10. #10
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    catch-all addresses are bad news.

    Robert soloway (broadcast-advertise, newport internet marketing, etc) usually sends out a batch to addresses like

    webmaster@domain.com
    support@domain.com
    sales@domain.com
    root@domain.com
    guest@domain.com
    help@domain.com
    billing@domain.com
    accounting@domain.com
    postmaster@domain.com
    uucp@domain.com

    Just about anything that's normally used by a company.

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