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[B Holroyd <beeline AT mindspring.com>]

I did ask them to email me and _attach_ the spam mail if they get any more.
(I believe an attached email includes the Received line.) I also have the
header for the spam from the text of the old undeliverable mail messages,
which includes this Received line:

Received: from 04-164.020.popsite.net (HELO 216.0.191.164) (216.0.191.164)
by mta-pc2.yahoomail.com with SMTP; 20 Oct 1999 09:19:41 -0700

The 216.0.191.164 is DIGEX, Inc., and popsite.net apparently is accustomed
to being the source of spam.... (See http://www.popsite.net/ )

I sent all of this to the Mindspring folks, who apparently were unable to
stop the abuse.

Again I ask, do people regularly hijack other folks' email addresses? (If
so, I smell a news article....)


"Thomas A. Beckett" wrote:
> 
> Can you ask the person complaining to forward you the text of the spam,
> with all the header information?  Perhaps someone on this list could
> analyze the pathway for you.
> 
> Tom
> 
> B Holroyd wrote:
> >
> > I just got a weird email from someone I don't know accusing me of spamming
> > them. Back in October, I got a bunch of "undeliverable mail" messages from
> > various places (mainly Yahoo) containing spam that I didn't send and
> > concerning addresses that I never used. After a flurry of email to
> > Mindspring, they wrote me and said, in effect, that they had all the
> > information they needed. I thought the issue was solved. I haven't gotten
> > any more undeliverable mail messages.
> >
> > Tonight, though, I got this email....
> >
> > I'm fond of my email address and don't want to have to change it. I'm also
> > willing to go to some lengths to protect it. Any suggestions?
> >
> > And -- is this a common thing, hijacked email addresses?
> >
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