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If you he received anything beyond a newsletter or a response from the message board, the most likely cause is that people are "spoofing" our information for their spam.
Basically, they're sending email from their own servers, but making it look like it comes from here.
If you are experiencing this problem, get the header information from the message (e.g. in Outlook, with the message open, go to View -> Options - the information is listed in a pane at the bottom of the window) - copy and paste the information into a forward of the email and send it to both spam@uce.gov (US government watchdog) and to abuse@
-------------------------------- Here is a sample spam header: -------------------------------- Return-Path: Received: from 70.Red-80-34-123.pooles.rima-tde.net (70.Red-80-34-123.pooles.rima-tde.net [80.34.123.70]) by host1.stephenking.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id j07HppB20784 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 12:51:54 -0500 Received: from 107.32.92.12 by 80.34.123.70; Fri, 07 Jan 2005 16:44:55 -0100 Message-ID: yahoo.com> From: "Some Made-Up Name" Reply-To: "Some Made-Up Name" Subject: the american 2005 doctors & medical directory, anesthesiology. Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 11:51:55 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="--8700024879819880212" X-IP: 18.127.136.146 Status: ---------------------------------
As you can see, although the message says that it is from cchdebbxkc@yahoo.com, it actually originated from the IP address 80.34.123.70.
Because people can both "spoof" the email address and the name of the originating server, the best resource to use to determine the ACTUAL source is ailable for free at http://www.arin.net - just do a whois lookup (put the IP address in the text field at the top right of the site and click "Search Whois"), you'll he all of the information and you can send the email to the proper regulators.
The internet is (at best) a shady place. The FTC is working to remove spammers violating the new laws, such as spoofing addresses, but the only way they can do their job is if we all do a bit to catch these devious individuals.
I (the webmaster) personally receive several hundred pieces of spam a day on the StephenKing.com server alone - many spoofing addresses at Stephenking.com!
Click here for the FTC's site.