[epub] Re: Faked email addresses

[Ross Hall <ross.hall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday, July 11, 2003, at 10:29 AM, Dianne Reuby wrote:

> At 13:35 09/07/2003, you wrote:
> > I've just lately had a large increase of so called returned emails 
> > but i never sent them as the addresses are all to my general domain 
> > name with various gobbledigook addresses such as .adfgq@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> I'm having the same problem - all are AOL bounces, so I'm worried that 
> AOL will blacklist my legit ezines. My email address is cloaked on my 
> site, and the ads in the emails are for two sites. I've been 
> struggling with Sam Spade, but I'm finding it difficult!
>
> But is the general opinion that I should just ignore them? I've had 
> one email from an AOL member asking me to stop sending them, should I 
> contact AOL?
>
> I contacted my site host on advice from a fellow forum member, but 
> their answer was that if I hadn't sent them, someone else had, and 
> they couldn't do anything.  :D

Contact the AOL member who got hold of you and explain the eMail was 
not sent by your company.

Ask him to forward to you the original message, including all headers 
as it may yield clues as to where it came from.

Also see if whois gives any clues as to who owns the domain being 
promoted.

And finally, contact AOL directly and let them know your domain has 
been hijacked. Doesn't hurt and you might even get a reply!!!!



Ross ;-))

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