conradguerrero
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How do you stop spammers from using your address when they spam other people?????
My email address used by spammers
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NoisySilence
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It's not very hard to put someone else's Email in the "reply-to" field of the Emails that you send. & I'm afraid, that there isn't much you can do to stop that.
It's even a technique that spammers use to attack certain companies ( those that fight against spam for example ). You send a bunch of Emails to adresses that you know do not exist & in the "reply-to" field you put an Email adress of a company or someone you don't like. They'll be recieving a bunch of error Emails for the next few hours.
It's even a technique that spammers use to attack certain companies ( those that fight against spam for example ). You send a bunch of Emails to adresses that you know do not exist & in the "reply-to" field you put an Email adress of a company or someone you don't like. They'll be recieving a bunch of error Emails for the next few hours.
Nodsu
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It is not just the reply-to field. Due to the nature of the e-mail protocols you can put any address in the "from" field also as long as you are using a custom mail sender and a stupid SMTP server.
There is nothing you can do to stop it except for going out and shooting the spamming bastard on the spot.
There is nothing you can do to stop it except for going out and shooting the spamming bastard on the spot.
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