Concerning spam from our domain

Ben · 04-16-2008, 07:29 AM

I just opened my email to get 300+ bounced emails. A spammer is forging sscentral.org emails. We don't send spam, so don't send me a message about it. I probably won't even be able to read it through all the bounced messages I'm receiving.

SilentGuy · 04-16-2008, 05:49 PM

How are they spoofing an sscentral.org address? Can you stop it, or do we just wait it out?

Hope things improve, for your sake.

Ben · 04-17-2008, 07:49 AM

They're spoofing my email address. It's a very easy to do task because there's no verification stage in email. I could send email with any from address I want.

It's died down a little bit, but I'm still getting bounces. Hopefully it will end completely today.

There's nothing I can do to stop this aside from switching email addresses.

04-16-2008, 07:29 AM	#1
Ben Founder Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,194 UserID: 1	Concerning spam from our domain I just opened my email to get 300+ bounced emails. A spammer is forging sscentral.org emails. We don't send spam, so don't send me a message about it. I probably won't even be able to read it through all the bounced messages I'm receiving. __________________ Ben Trettel / email: ben at sscentral dot org DO NOT contact me with requests to modify, repair, or build a water gun. Please contact me this summer when the SSC store launches.

04-16-2008, 05:49 PM	#2
SilentGuy Administrator Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,609 UserID: 576	Re: Concerning spam from our domain How are they spoofing an sscentral.org address? Can you stop it, or do we just wait it out? Hope things improve, for your sake. __________________ Forum Rules

04-17-2008, 07:49 AM	#3
Ben Founder Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,194 UserID: 1	Re: Concerning spam from our domain They're spoofing my email address. It's a very easy to do task because there's no verification stage in email. I could send email with any from address I want. It's died down a little bit, but I'm still getting bounces. Hopefully it will end completely today. There's nothing I can do to stop this aside from switching email addresses. __________________ Ben Trettel / email: ben at sscentral dot org DO NOT contact me with requests to modify, repair, or build a water gun. Please contact me this summer when the SSC store launches.

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