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[Duncan Hutty]

On 05/16/2005 09:05 AM, Greg Simkins wrote:
> I guess I should be comforted by this diagnosis (that my bouncebacks are 
> due to forging my address - not actually spamming through my server).

not really. it means there's spam out there "in your name" and the less 
knowledgable believe that it came from you. Reputation is important.
   I
> suppose I am helpless to stop forging my address.

more or less correct, however: SPF

   Is there anything I
> can do to make myself less attractive as a forgee?  Perhaps I should 
> feel flattered.

no

  I suppose the bigger presence you have on the Internet,
> the more people want to forge your email address.

they don't care, they just want zillions of messages to be delivered, in 
the hope that some fool will answer/buy something. Nobody actually 
picked your address deliberately.

-- 
Duncan Hutty
System Administrator, ECE
Carnegie Mellon University

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-- 
Duncan Hutty
System Administrator, ECE
Carnegie Mellon University

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