Hijacked email address.

mark m.roth2006 at rcn.com
Tue Apr 15 19:45:52 UTC 2008


Jose,

Jose R R wrote:
> Good morning (California), RH list members-
> 
> Any suggestions on how to deal with those who take over one's reputable
> email address to send spam??  This morning I have received an considerable
> amount of returned emails that I never sent out but that have as return path
> the usual p***y cowards' signature <>  and some even my actual email
> address.  And no, those did not originate from my account.
> 
> Below is an fragment of one that even attempted to join an google group:
<snip>
> Return-Path: <myEmailAdress>
> Received: from e178002010.adsl.alicedsl.de (e178002010.adsl.alicedsl.de
>         [85.178.2.10]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id
>         v36si10460476wah.3.2008.04.15.08.34.33; Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:34:39
> -0700
>         (PDT)
> Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 85.178.2.10 is neither permitted nor
>         denied by best guess record for domain of myEmailAdress)
>         client-ip=85.178.2.10;

Well, I'd start by doing a whois on the address, which I see seems to be a
legit telecom in Hamburg, Germany. So, I'd email abuse at hansenet.com to complain.

    mark




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