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 From:  Manthorp  
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38740.1 
Overnight I've received a bunch of bounced email messages suggesting that somebody is spamming from my email address.

How are they doing it? And how do I stop them?

"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked."
James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951

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 From:  Serg (NUKKLEAR)  
 To:  Manthorp     
38740.2 In reply to 38740.1 
You need to look at the full headers to see the originating IP...
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 From:  Manthorp  
 To:  Serg (NUKKLEAR)     
38740.3 In reply to 38740.2 
Attached are a couple of typical bounced spam messages. They don't seem to have anything in common.

"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked."
James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951

Attachments:
Bounced spam message.txt
Spam 2.txt

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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)  
 To:  Manthorp     
38740.4 In reply to 38740.1 
quote: Manthorp
How are they doing it?

Anyone can spoof another's address by putting it in the 'from' header, either in a script or mailer app. Using a simple PHP script like this would work:
code:
mail($to, $subject, $message, 'From:throb@bumpoke.com');

quote: Manthorp
And how do I stop them?

TBH, I don't think you can, they're probably not routing via your (host's) server.

bastard by name, bastard by nature

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 From:  Manthorp  
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)     
38740.5 In reply to 38740.4 
If it's just spoofing then I'm irritated but not too arsed. It was the thought that it might have been through my domain mail via a keylogger or summat thast was worrying me. I am running a zillion antimalware progs as I type, all of which will probably accuse each other of badness.

"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked."
James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951

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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)  
 To:  Manthorp     
38740.6 In reply to 38740.5 
shit shit shit.... :(

bastard by name, bastard by nature

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 From:  Serg (NUKKLEAR)  
 To:  Manthorp     
38740.7 In reply to 38740.3 
Yeah, you won't be able to do much about that... Wot MrB said above, you can pretend to have any email address when you send an email if the server accepts it, so why they picked yours is irrelevant. The initial source IP is different, so it's most likely a botnet that's using your email as a random source. I don't really understand why they use real source addresses tbh...
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 From:  Manthorp  
 To:  Serg (NUKKLEAR)     
38740.8 In reply to 38740.7 
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I don't really understand why they use real source addresses tbh...


Obviously trading on my internationally renowned good name.

As long as it's just spoofed I'm not too fussed. My escutcheon may have been blotted in the block list of some Russian spambuster nannyware, but I can live with that.

"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked."
James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951

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 From:  steve  
 To:  Manthorp     
38740.9 In reply to 38740.8 
If you have an email address visible online then chances are it will happen. I was once worried it may end up with my address black listed but apparently the black listing people are smarter than that!

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 From:  Manthorp  
 To:  steve     
38740.10 In reply to 38740.9 
Is that the listing people who is black?

"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked."
James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951

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 From:  steve  
 To:  Manthorp     
38740.11 In reply to 38740.10 
It's like the opposite of being on that BNP membership list that was leaked.

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 From:  Manthorp  
 To:  steve     
38740.12 In reply to 38740.11 
Keighley featured prominently as a home address in that list. Bit depressing.

"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked."
James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951

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 From:  koswix  
 To:  Manthorp     
38740.13 In reply to 38740.12 
I was surprised at how many edinburgers were on it, from the posh parts of town :S


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 From:  Manthorp  
 To:  koswix     
38740.14 In reply to 38740.13 
Mel Gibson?

"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked."
James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951

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 From:  koswix  
 To:  Manthorp     
38740.15 In reply to 38740.14 
He's not an edinburger, he's Irish in't he?


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 From:  Manthorp  
 To:  koswix     
38740.16 In reply to 38740.15 
You're thinking of Russell Crowe.

"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked."
James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951

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 From:  koswix  
 To:  Manthorp     
38740.17 In reply to 38740.16 
Quite frequently, but I thought he was a greek.


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 From:  Manthorp  
 To:  koswix     
38740.18 In reply to 38740.17 
You're thinking of Anthony Quinn.

"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked."
James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951

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 From:  koswix  
 To:  Manthorp     
38740.19 In reply to 38740.18 
He's an Aye-rab.


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 From:  Manthorp  
 To:  koswix     
38740.20 In reply to 38740.19 
You're thinking of Peter o'Toole.

"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked."
James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951

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