RE: [PCTECH] Some one is spoofing my email

["Bob Crothers" <bob2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey,  guess I'm not as smart as I thought....the from address is mine and
not Jim's.

Still, it isn't hard.  I just did it wrong.

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces+bob2=cstoneindy.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-
> bounces+bob2=cstoneindy.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Crothers
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 2:03 PM
> To: 'PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users'
> Subject: RE: [PCTECH] Some one is spoofing my email
> 
> Jim,
> 
> Not much you can do about it.  It is VERY easy to spoof an email return
> address.
> 
> Look at the "From" address on this.  It is yours.
> 
> In outlook, just go to Options and put a new "from" address in.
> 
> Bob
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On
> > Behalf Of Jim Essinger
> > Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 1:42 PM
> > To: pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [PCTECH] Some one is spoofing my email
> >
> > Looking for any ideas.  Some one is spoofing my email address as the
> > return
> > for a BUNCH of spam.  I am getting inundated with returns for spam that
> I
> > have not originated.  Is there a way (short of email address  change) to
> > find and stop these creeps?  Is there some entity that I can report them
> > too that will help me stop this form of identity theft?
> >
> > I have scanned my pc for virus presence - and found nothing.  I am
> behind
> > a
> > fire wall both here and at home,  and I see not traffic coming from me,
> so
> > I don't think that my PC has been hijacked.  My ISP requires my password
> > to
> > use the smtp outgoing server, and I have changed my password for my
> email,
> > so I don't think they are bouncing anything off my ISP outgoing server.
> >
> > Any other steps you can think of that I can take to protect myself?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> > --------------------
> > Jim Essinger
> > Senior Programmer/Analyst
> > UnLtd Support Services
> > PO Box 730
> > Fruitland ID 83619
> > 208-452-4058 Ext 133
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