sMoRTy71.com: Someone is spoofing my domain for spam

Tuesday, January 2, 2007

Someone is spoofing my domain for spam

When I checked my e-mail this morning, I found about 15 "mail not deliverable" e-mail bounces in my inbox. On closer inspection, it appears that someone is spoofing my shawnmorton dot com domain address to send spam.

If you have received any spam from that domain (and you are here to kick my digital ass), please know that I did not send the spam and I am working on getting this resolved. Sorry.

What a way to kick off the New Year!

¶ 7:04 AM

Comments:

I think that the bounced emails themselves might actually just be cleverly disguised spam. I got the same 15 messages, but all of the emails that were bounced were things from .ch or .de addresses.

posted by

Davis Freeberg : 8:23 AM

I finally figured out how to get rid of the bounced emails from the spam. You need to disable the catch all on your email account. I used Bluehost and I was able to do it through the control panel. I hope this helps.

posted by

Davis Freeberg : 11:44 PM

Davis,
You are a gentleman and a scholar. That worked like a charm. It took a little while since I own about 10 domains; however, it is in place and I verified it.

Thanks for the tip.
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posted by

sMoRTy71 : 9:59 AM