Re: Sudden constant spoofing of my address
On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 05:03:52PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 10:57:48PM +0200, David Jardine wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 10:19:19AM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> >
> > > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 09:16:39AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > > > > Since last night my in-box is being filled up by dozens of bounced
> > > > > messages. Evidently someone or something is spoofing my address and
> > > > > sending out bogus messages.
> >
> > > This is why I wish I could get my non-techie friends and family to use
> > > GPG. Alas, it is hopeless.
> >
> > I had this problem a week or two ago (I think I reported it in
> > panic on this list). It went away as suddenly as it appeared, but
> > I'd be interested to know how GPG solves the problem - and what the
> > best source of documentation is for GPG.
> >
>
> If everyone you know signs their mail with their own GPG key or encrypts
> it to you with yours, then do the following:
Well, none of them do, but continue...
>
> 1. Have your spam filter score signed and/or encrypted messages much
> higher than those that are not.
I don't have a spam filter, but I could set one up...
> 2. Filter signed and/or encrypted messages to some specific folder.
Since many people on this list, for example, send gpg-signed
messages, wouldn't this break the threading?
> 3. Tell people that you *always* GPG sign your messages or encrypt to
> them and that if they receive a message "from" your email address that
> is neither signed nor encrypted, they can safely discard it without even
> looking.
Okay, but I don't think that any spam sent under my name has by
coincidence been sent to anyone I know. The problems we're having
are, as I see it,
(a) our names are getting tarnished
(b) we're getting a few bounce messages.
I don't think (b) is a great problem, but (a) was a worry for me
and I don't see how gpg solves it.
>
> It is by no means perfect, but it makes sense.
Yes, and sincere thanks for the trouble you took, but I don't think
it solves this particular problem.
Cheers,
David
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David Jardine
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