SPAM from @alderstone.co.uk
If you've come here because you've received an email from some random address @alderstone.co.uk and want to stick it to me for sending you SPAM, rest assured you've got the wrong guy.
Fritters, anyone?Spammers frequently use domains not belonging to them to form the reply-to and from addresses in an email, and it's a common problem. One that won't be sorted out unless we have a concencus on authenticated SMTP, which itself has many pitfalls. So, please, if you have received an email trying to sell you anything from Viagra to body part extensions allegedly from some-random-address @alderstone.co.uk, IT AINT ME.
Bill Thompson of the BBC has been hit by this and writes a good article on the problem.
So, for anyone here looking for the annoying little bar steward who's filling their inbox, sorry but you've hit the first hurdle in the wild goose chase and come to the wrong place. If you're keen on trying to find where the email really came from is to look at the headrers and tracing the IP address of the source. Know what some of the headers are, but not others? Take a look at http://www.stopspam.org/email/headers.html
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Due to changes I've just made to my domain's email settings I'll no longer see the bounces, out of offices, etc that come from addresses targetted by spammers using a random address from @alderstone.co.uk
Posted by: Lee | June 16, 2007 11:19 AM