[vox] OT new spam technique

[Jeff Newmiller]

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004, andy wergedal wrote:

> I wonder how many people are getting spam the looks like it
> is from me?
> 
> Only the yahoo account is real.

I have been getting bounce messages related to this type of activity for
at least a year, and I regularly get spam ostensibly "From:" people I work
with.  I don't recall getting any "from" you, though. :)

> 
> -- Andy
> 
> 
> 
> --- andy wergedal <awerg@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > FYI, I have started receiving mail undeliverable errors
> > in
> > various email accounts.
> > 
> > The spammers are using a legitimate (valid) email account
> > and spoofing the FROM header to be from that account.

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