[CGUYS] hijacking address for spam

2008-02-17 Thread gerald
My address, [EMAIL PROTECTED] was hijacked for spam. wher xxx is a varitey of both names and nonsense. why do spammers need an address? one of my addresses gets hijacked about every 8 weeks. tg * For

Re: [CGUYS] hijacking address for spam

2008-02-17 Thread Jeff Wright
Because many companies will whitelist based on domain and/or return to: address. That, and they need some address to look legitimate enough for people to click on them, assuming they get through the spam filter. I've been seeing quite a few spam lately that are targeted specifically at our

Re: [CGUYS] hijacking address for spam

2008-02-17 Thread Tom Piwowar
My address, [EMAIL PROTECTED] was hijacked for spam. wher xxx is a varitey of both names and nonsense. why do spammers need an address? one of my addresses gets hijacked about every 8 weeks. Many email servers will bounce mail if they can't trace it back to a valid domain and matching IP