[CLUE-Talk] Spam with my domain forged as 'From'

[Timothy C. Klein]

* Charles Oriez (coriez at oriez.org) wrote:
> At 07:26 PM 1/26/2004 -0700, Timothy C. Klein wrote:
> 
> >Is there anything I can do about this?
> >
> >I have gotten 4 or 5 delivery failures from several different hosts
> >today.  They are forging my domain (silverklein.net) as the from domain.
> >
> >Is there anything I can/should do about this?
> 
> 
> there is a new MSFT virus package making the rounds today. that is what you 
> are seeing
> 

That does indeed seem to be it. AOL and others were nice enough to send
me bounces, letting me know that their attachment filters found a virus,
so the email did not go.

Of course, I am not infected with a Windows virus -- I have no machines
running Windows!  Nor do I know any of the recipients.

So is it common for these Windows viruses to forge the From headers?
I was not aware they did that.  Presumably I am in these strangerse
address book?  Seems odd.

Tim
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