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pirated e-mail addresses and mail abuse

updated sun 1 may 05

 

Carl Finch on fri 29 apr 05


At 07:29 AM 4/29/2005, John Rodgers wrote:

>This may be affecting everyone and probably driving Mel and Joyce crazy,
>but evidently my e-mail address has been pirated and is being used by
>mass mail servers somewhere.

Oh dang! Does this mean you will *not* be sending me that case of Viagra?

--Carl
in Methford, Oregon

John Rodgers on fri 29 apr 05


This may be affecting everyone and probably driving Mel and Joyce crazy,
but evidently my e-mail address has been pirated and is being used by
mass mail servers somewhere. I received the following message tellingh
me about it. I just wanted to share t his so all would know. Some others
may be having the same problem.

This came from >>abusepostmaster at oro.net<<

I changed the "@" to "at" in my address so it would not work as a link in this e-mail.

>>We have just received mail claiming to be from
inua at charter.net via a mail server calling itself
mxsf26.cluster1.charter.net (mxsf26.cluster1.charter.net[209.225.28.226]).

This is a one-time test to verify that
is not a fictitious address. That you received this
proves all is well and no response is needed.

Please ignore and delete.

tracking:
aaa7.7a6ej_qad5w2ta+_ahk9y1?gwavwv5pa6=stma+wv+dajed?eac1fp1ayoqzv<<

I apologize to all if you are getting bombarded by phony e-mails of any sort that have my e-mail address on.

Regards,

John Rodgers
Chelsea, AL