Re: FN-FORUM: Someone is using my email address for spam purposes

date posted 30th April 2007 14:38

Yeah I've experienced this a while ago, maybe look at the source code of the
email and see where the e-mail is really coming from it may be a case of
someone is using your [EMAIL REMOVED] as the contact name which is making it
look like an e-mail address.

Martin
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Cross" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Someone is using my email address for spam purposes


>
> Leon Stacey wrote:
>>
>> Hey, if you have a contact form or anything like that on your site they
>> could be using that, but if it is going to subscriebsr as well.....
>> Someone may have got into any kind of database/store where those email
>> addresses are. As to stopping it... Take a look at the security of your
>> form/database etc...
>
> It's really not going to be anything as complex as that. It's just a
> spammer faking "From:" headers on email. Six or seven years ago, it might
> have been a big deal, but it happens all the time and there's nothing you
> can do about it.
>
> Dave...
>
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