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

date posted 30th April 2007 20:22

Anthony Cartmell wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Apart from creating a sensible SPF record for the domain. That will stop
> the messages with you as the From: address going to most of the big
> e-mail players (hotmail, google, etc.) and also many small providers too.

To be pedantic, that doesn't stop people sending mail that claims to
come from someone else's address. It does, however, stop some people
from receiving it :)

Dave...