Thanks to all! No worries, I gather. Loren
John Capo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Loren Stocker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Hi All, > > > > Clearly, someone is using one of my domains as a return address for SPAM. What > > is this called? Who tracks these things? Anyone know how I get this off their > > s*it list? > > Sometimes referred to as a 'Joe Job' however a real 'Joe Job' is > designed to cause harm by having the bounces and complaints go to > the forged envelope domain. > > The original 'Joe Job' victim: > > http://www.joes.com/spammed.html > > You are probably just another victim of envelope forging by low > life 'Make Penis Fast' spammers. Its very rare these days that > spam with a forged envelope will result in your domain being added > to the various block lists. Forged envelope addresses have become > the norm and the blocklist maintainers know this all too well. > > If you get an email body in one of the bounces I would definitely > try to follow the money. The trail will probably end in China or > South America at which point you're done. If it leads to a valid > domain registrant, hosting company, or CC processor in North America > you might be able to file suit or press charges. But its probably > not worth you time to pursue it and the spammers know that. > > > PS: How did I know? I've received 5-6 non-deliverly notices just today. > > Not too worry, too much. Several of my domains are forged in spam > runs daily. Logs show thousands of bounces addressed to non-existent > email addresses in those domains. Such is life on the 'Net today. > > -- > John Capo > IRBS Engineering, Inc. Outsourced Email Solutions > http://tuffmail.com/ Business and Personal Email Hosting > >
