[Fot] Weird spam messages?

[tom strange]

True, and Good advice ....  My problem with the blocking is that I am now
corresponding with people in Russia and the Ukraine, so I cannot conveniently
block those addresses ...  oh well :>((( ... I just dont open attachments
unless there is a note along with them from the sender, and it makes some
sense to me.  I have also written back and asked if something was sent by the
person I know... usually it is (always in my case), but it never hurts to
check.

Tom

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#4 white spitfire

--- On Sat, 5/30/09, Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:

From: Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Weird spam messages?
To: FOT at autox.team.net
Date: Saturday, May 30, 2009, 3:59 PM

> Anybody know what it is?

Just to echo what others have said; it's most likely some other machine
sending spam with your return address.  There is effective nothing in the
email system that ensures that the "return" address means anything at all
once the message has left the first mail server; and many mail servers do
not check either.

That other machine may or may not be infected with a virus, but there is
little you can do about it sending the spam.  There are ways to block
receiving it; but the only consistently effective method I have found is to
determine what range of IP addresses the spammer is using, and block all
traffic from that range of IP addresses.

I used to see messages with my return address; but not since I started
blocking most of Russia, Turkistan, etc.  What I do still see occasionally
is 'bounce' messages, meaning that the receiving address does not exist and
a message was sent to it with my return address.

Randall
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