Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 23:25:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Problems with Capclave email address
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

"Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net> wrote:

> Elspeth Kovar <ekovar at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>> I've been getting messages addressed to capclave6 at wsfa.org, all of
>> which are of the 'mail undeliverable' sort.  I believe that this
>> means that someone is using the address to send spam, yes?

> Yes, someone is forging the address in their spams.  (Nobody is
> actually sending spam *from* wsfa.org.)

Followup:

Lee reports that she has been getting 100 - 150 spam bounce messages
to capclave4 at wsfa.org each day.  I reassured her that wsfa.org doesn't
have a virus, and offered to cancel that email address.

We may want to rethink placing email addresses on the web.