[registrars] Re: Returned mail: User unknown

[Robert F. Connelly]

Dear Colleagues: I'm getting large numbers (30-40/day)  of rejection 
notices like this showing Email addresses to which I have sent 
*nothing*.  I wonder whether this means that someone is spoofing my Email 
address to send spams?

At 01:26 AM 9/9/03 -0400, Mail Delivery Subsystem wrote:
>--AOL Postmaster
>
>    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
><smileypris at aol.com>
><rd400f at aol.com>

Here are some others:

    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<lkmbgtuf at aol.com>
<nnjdavie at aol.com>
<k2kay05 at aol.com>

still more:

    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<finlore2b at aol.com>
<pnsy95 at aol.com>
<law7200 at aol.com>

Ahaa, look at this, seems to confirm my suspicion:


From: "Edwin Hudson" <ks48jgfp at psi-japan.com>
Reply-To: "Edwin Hudson" <ks48jgfp at psi-japan.com>
To: nofunatai at aol.com
Cc: <louac2 at aol.com>
Subject: Fwd: viagra, soma, fioricet, prescribed online for free, shipped 
overnight h  by gwhuy
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 05:00:09 -0500

Regards, BobC