[CLUE-Tech] OT: Someone "borrowed" my domain name

[Mike Staver]

Well, as far as I know, there is some type of law about forging mail
headers in spam isn't there?  I don't think you have a case for him
"borrowing" your domain, but forging headers is naughty...

Matt Gushee wrote:
> 
> Aargh!
> 
> It seems someone pretending to be
> 
>   "Phil Klein <phil-klein at havenrock.com>"
> 
> has been sending an e-mail virus to various and sundry people on the
> Net. I know this because, as the owner of havenrock.com, I get all mail
> for unknown recipients in the domain. So I've got a pile of bounces and
> a few complaints. As far as I can tell, the only connection to me is the
> From: header with my domain name--according to the headers in the
> bounced messages, all of them originated from a single IP address in the
> Netherlands and didn't pass through either my own machine or my ISP's
> mail server (do bounces include all headers from the original message?).
> 
> So I don't think I have a security issue. But obviously I don't like
> someone using my domain name this way (well, at least they didn't
> pretend to be <mgushee at havenrock.com>!). Is there a law against that? If
> so, is there a way to get it enforced?
> 
> --
> Matt Gushee
> Englewood, Colorado, USA
> mgushee at havenrock.com
> http://www.havenrock.com/
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