In alt.fan.frank.mccoy Laurence Taylor <see-headers@nospam.plus.com>
wrote:
>Frank McCoy wrote:
>> Note cross-posting:
>> Trim if you wish.
>>
>> I, or possibly somebody else, and I'm getting the reflection, seem to be
>> under some kind of DOS (Denial Of Service) attack.
>>
>> Or, maybe it's just some worm gone completely wild.
>>
>> I'm getting a gazillion "returned mail" or similar messages, mostly from
>> the same two places ... So I guess it really isn't me, and I'm just
>> getting the reflection of merely my *share* of the crap.
>
>I wouldn't worry unduly, probably it's just that your address has got
>to the top of the virus-sender's/spammer's list.
>
>What I think happens is that the virus gets trapped by an ISP's
>filters, and sends it back to the supposed sender, which it thinks is
>you.
>
>I'm afraid all you can do is wait until it subsides; meanwhile, put
>some message filtering in place.
>
>Although it's a bit late for you now, I also reccommend pussing a fake
>address in your usenet posts; it's rare for these people and software
>to look at the Reply-To line.
... But I *want* people to just hit "reply" and get to me.
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