Anyone have their e-mail hijacked?

Alphawolf · 2004-06-23, 12:23 PM

Well, not Hijacked.

Anyone ever get back bounced mail from SPAM mail you never sent?

Meaning- someone used your e-mail addy as the From address.

I'm getting messages bounced for full mailbox from e-mails I clearly never sent. They are in German, not English.

I do not know German.

Out of the 4 that bonced, I'm sure 1000's didn't. And those folks think I sent them.

I have gotten some nice virus payloads wia e-mail from the domains they thought I spammed.

Not a dman thing I can do about this, huh?

Cleo · 2004-06-23, 12:34 PM

I get them all the time. The sender is spoofing your e-mail address. As far as I know there is nothing you can do about it.

Fonz · 2004-06-23, 12:36 PM

Yupz, today I had to shut my main email domain down because it got 18000 spam and "email-return" messages a day

They should hunt down these fuckers and make them read every email they ever sent out. Or print them out and eat them |raygun|

doublep · 2004-06-23, 01:01 PM

I had this prob last year - some joker spammed American universities with spoofed e-mail addy.... bastards, every man jack of em... Grrrrrr!!

Surfn · 2004-06-23, 01:02 PM

I get between 10-30 of those a day.

They even spam me with an email from one of my domains. lol

Dravyk · 2004-06-23, 01:05 PM

Yep, annoyingly very normal. I'm not sure what is worse, spoofing your email to others, or (laughable but not) when you get email from your OWN addys to yourself with other people's names attached. Sheesh!

Alphawolf · 2004-06-23, 01:13 PM

People SUCK. |pissed|

They must comb through Adult sites because this has yet to happen to me on non-adult domains.

Jim · 2004-06-23, 01:34 PM

I actually get more bounced webmaster@greenguyandjim mail than I do spam.

MrYum · 2004-06-23, 02:18 PM

Yep...same here...just started getting em from myself to myself though =/

Think I'm gonna have to sit down and have a very long talk with myself...cuz this just is not acceptable! lol

Yea, these are a pain in the ass. I don't even d/l mail to my local machine...check it all...and delete 95% of it right on the server. Very little actually gets d/l to my local drives.

I do like the idea of making em read/eat every piece they've sent out though!

DangerDave · 2004-06-23, 05:30 PM

I get that crap every day.... thank fuck for MailWasher.

DD

natalie · 2004-06-23, 05:51 PM

Yup just the lately it has gone from 1/4 of my emails to over half grrr, however I am concerned about making rules for them in case its an honest bounce and I miss it... for example a ll that has a hotmail account attached to their submit form that bounces, it took me a while to notice lol.

Dravyk · 2004-06-25, 01:26 PM

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Originally posted by DangerDave
I get that crap every day.... thank fuck for MailWasher.

I agree, DD. I went through spam nightmare at one point. First, my Verizon account was autofiltering newsletters and ecommerce emails. And they don't let YOU decide. They are "being helpful" by having their own server ware decide FOR you. And it sucked, and nothing you could do.

So then I switched to an unfiltered email elsewhere. I got all my ecommerce and personal mails, but I also ended up getting 4,000 a day. So it ended up being a needle in a haystack. Yeah I got my important emails but now FINDING them was next to impossible!

The answer for me was turning off my domains default, killing every webmaster@ I had too, and finding Mail Washer.

At this point though, I'm seriously considering getting rid of all my dravyk@ addys. Would be a shame, but there's still 1,500 spams a day going to those, and while MW does help majorly, that crap is still very annoying.

D-man · 2004-06-30, 11:14 PM

I've had it happen a few times - sucks when you get the hate mail

DraX · 2004-07-01, 07:31 PM

I have same problems here, its starting to get out of hand

Alphawolf · 2004-07-01, 10:52 PM

Hate mail isn't bad. I get virus payloads in my mail. |pissed|

Monkey Spanker · 2004-07-01, 11:10 PM

They spider the web and pick up addresses that way. I kept getting emails from one of my domains from this address amin@domain.com and couldn't figure it out until I looked at the source code in the site and saw that it had an email addy in their misspelled where it should have been admin@domain.com.

Was real easy to see how they get their addresses after that

Mishi · 2004-07-02, 05:11 AM

Every day, and mostly on my semi-mainstream site. I get an absurd amount of spam to that site and an equally absurd amount of "bounces".

When I get around to it I'm going to go to only form-based communication on that site and have my host reject all emails with an autoresponder. REALLY pisses me off, but what can ya do...

2004-06-23, 12:23 PM	#1
Alphawolf Don't come to Florida for vacation. We're closed. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 1,874	Anyone have their e-mail hijacked? Well, not Hijacked. Anyone ever get back bounced mail from SPAM mail you never sent? Meaning- someone used your e-mail addy as the From address. I'm getting messages bounced for full mailbox from e-mails I clearly never sent. They are in German, not English. I do not know German. Out of the 4 that bonced, I'm sure 1000's didn't. And those folks think I sent them. I have gotten some nice virus payloads wia e-mail from the domains they thought I spammed. Not a dman thing I can do about this, huh? __________________ Regards, AW Weekly Pay. Sites That Convert. Start Pimpin' Today!

2004-06-23, 12:34 PM	#2
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	I get them all the time. The sender is spoofing your e-mail address. As far as I know there is nothing you can do about it. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2004-06-23, 12:36 PM	#3
Fonz Former pr0n slinger. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium Posts: 7,932	Yupz, today I had to shut my main email domain down because it got 18000 spam and "email-return" messages a day They should hunt down these fuckers and make them read every email they ever sent out. Or print them out and eat them \|raygun\| __________________ See how I abuse little trees on my Shumi no Bonsai Blog

2004-06-23, 01:02 PM	#5
Surfn If you don’t take a chance the Angels won’t dance Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Earth on occasion Posts: 8,812	I get between 10-30 of those a day. They even spam me with an email from one of my domains. lol __________________ Surfn's Links Are you a partner?

2004-06-23, 01:05 PM	#6
Dravyk Lord help me, I'm just not that bright Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 102	Yep, annoyingly very normal. I'm not sure what is worse, spoofing your email to others, or (laughable but not) when you get email from your OWN addys to yourself with other people's names attached. Sheesh! __________________ WebmasterConventions.com Mainstream Webmasters

2004-06-23, 01:01 PM	#4
doublep If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak English Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Europe Posts: 306	I had this prob last year - some joker spammed American universities with spoofed e-mail addy.... bastards, every man jack of em... Grrrrrr!!

2004-06-23, 01:13 PM	#7
Alphawolf Don't come to Florida for vacation. We're closed. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 1,874	People SUCK. \|pissed\| They must comb through Adult sites because this has yet to happen to me on non-adult domains. __________________ Regards, AW Weekly Pay. Sites That Convert. Start Pimpin' Today!

2004-06-23, 01:34 PM	#8
Jim Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Mohawk, New York Posts: 19,477	I actually get more bounced webmaster@greenguyandjim mail than I do spam.

2004-06-23, 02:18 PM	#9
MrYum Arghhhh...submit yer sites ya ruddy swabs! Join Date: May 2004 Location: Sunny Florida! Posts: 5,108	Yep...same here...just started getting em from myself to myself though =/ Think I'm gonna have to sit down and have a very long talk with myself...cuz this just is not acceptable! lol Yea, these are a pain in the ass. I don't even d/l mail to my local machine...check it all...and delete 95% of it right on the server. Very little actually gets d/l to my local drives. I do like the idea of making em read/eat every piece they've sent out though!

2004-06-23, 05:30 PM	#10
DangerDave Bonged Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: BrisVegas, AUSTRALIA Posts: 4,882	I get that crap every day.... thank fuck for MailWasher. DD __________________ Old Dollars >>>> Now with over 90 Hosted Free Sites <<<< DangerDave.com.au - Adult Links to Free Porn

2004-06-23, 05:51 PM	#11
natalie Whoo! 9/10 the way to buddy plays in "The Christ from Oz"! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 921	Yup just the lately it has gone from 1/4 of my emails to over half grrr, however I am concerned about making rules for them in case its an honest bounce and I miss it... for example a ll that has a hotmail account attached to their submit form that bounces, it took me a while to notice lol. __________________ No 2257 woes with Retroraunch Submit to my Punani And my Pink Pussy

2004-06-30, 11:14 PM	#13
D-man If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak English Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: USA Posts: 33	I've had it happen a few times - sucks when you get the hate mail __________________

2004-07-01, 07:31 PM	#14
DraX Rock stars ... is there anything they don't know? Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15	I have same problems here, its starting to get out of hand

2004-07-01, 10:52 PM	#15
Alphawolf Don't come to Florida for vacation. We're closed. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 1,874	Hate mail isn't bad. I get virus payloads in my mail. \|pissed\| __________________ Regards, AW Weekly Pay. Sites That Convert. Start Pimpin' Today!

2004-07-01, 11:10 PM	#16
Monkey Spanker Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 97	They spider the web and pick up addresses that way. I kept getting emails from one of my domains from this address amin@domain.com and couldn't figure it out until I looked at the source code in the site and saw that it had an email addy in their misspelled where it should have been admin@domain.com. Was real easy to see how they get their addresses after that __________________ PROUD MEMBER OF ADULT NETWORK

2004-07-02, 05:11 AM	#17
Mishi I want to live. I want to experience the universe, and I want to eat pie. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Where the wind comes sweeping down the plain Posts: 661	Every day, and mostly on my semi-mainstream site. I get an absurd amount of spam to that site and an equally absurd amount of "bounces". When I get around to it I'm going to go to only form-based communication on that site and have my host reject all emails with an autoresponder. REALLY pisses me off, but what can ya do...