RE: [cobalt-users] Spammers forging my email address - Urgent

[spamcatcher <cobalt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,

Yeah, try being the owner of click.com... Beside the hail of spam (mostly 
firewalled, thank you) we get, we get the same crap from people signing 
up for something using a forged @click.com address. You would think these 
companies would filter out the bounced emails from their lists. New York 
Times and Microsoft are the worst offenders. Nobody wants to verify the 
email addressee as the one who signed up before sending out their 
"helpful notices." We finally had to firewall the New York Times and 
Microsoft domains. What a true waste of time.

Anyway, anybody have any more tips on sendmail configuration to block 
out/filter this crap or tracking down the guilty?

Kar Mui

>Dan,
>
>As the owner of nodomain.com, my domain get's forged in countless emails,
>guestbooks, newsgroups, etc.  www.deja.com found 1118 messages from various
>people claiming to be "nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx" when I checked the other day.
>My best method for fighting it is to either reply as a potential customer
>(from another email @ another domain, of course) and get to a point where I
>know I'm yelling at the right person OR use another means of tracking the
>real sender down.
>
>Once I get ahold of the culprit, I usually call them up and ask why they
>forged the headers and, when necessary, have my attorney draft a letter to
>the offending party.  Most times, you never hear from them again.
>
>Joe Colburn
>
>To make money online, go to http://www.nodomain.com/money
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>> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dan
>> Sent: Saturday, December 04, 1999 5:06 PM
>> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Spammers forging my email address - Urgent
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