[Nothing to see here... move along] Re: Relay for spam?

[NoOp]

On 05/18/2011 06:42 PM, James wrote:
> Hi
> 
> In this manual, I will cover with you things that may scare you.
>> 
>> Bill Stanley <bstanle at wowway.com> wrote:
>> > I just got a notification from my ISP that I am sending spam.
>> 
>> Get in touch with your ISP in real life.  Give 'em a phone call.
>> 
>> Cybe R. Wizard
> 
> I'd echo the same idea. Unfortunately emails can be spoofed pretty 
> much completely. Even the orginating IP. Talk with them, let them know 
> the OS you're using. Then ask them how to check. Also ask if they can 
> forward a copy of one of the emails to you. It's possible the return email 
> address was forged at the very least as well as the senders resulting in 
> bounces going back to your account or complaints going to your ISP. 
> Hell I see numerous emails out there spoofing a number of my email 
> accounts. They claim to be from me but originate elsewhere. It's 
> possible that's what's happening and the ISP hasn't looked that closely 
> at the headers to determine if they're really c
> In this manual, I will cover with you things that may scare you.oming 
> from you
> 
> James
> 

What on earth are you people going on about?  The:
**************************************************
Your email account was used to send a huge amount of spam messages
during this week.  Most likely your computer had been infected by a
recent virus and now contains a hidden proxy server.
*************************************************
virus spam has been around for years (see my example of a 2004/5 worm
analysis).

Here's let's try this instead:

"http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=%22Your+email+account+was+used+to+send+a+huge+amount+of+spam+messages%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=62b612e93116a325&biw=1366&bih=483"

<http://www.google.com/search?sclient=psy&hl=en&complete=0&site=webhp&source=hp&q=%22We+have+found+that+your+email+account+was+used+to+send+a+huge+amount+of+spam+messages+during+this+week%22&btnG=Search>

Move along... there is nothing further to see here.

@Bill: report/delete as spam. If you get another, take a look at the
full headers & you'll see that the message didn't come from your ISP.
You are using Thunderbird, so a Ctrl-U will get you there (or just
google for how to view the message source with headers).