Dealing with SPAM WAS has my system been compromised?

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Author: JT Moree
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Old-Topics: Re: has my system been compromised?
Subject: Dealing with SPAM WAS has my system been compromised?
Alex Dean wrote:
> On Sep 12, 2006, at 9:08 PM, Michael wrote:
>
>> I just got an email from a spam blocker. I think my system has been
>> compromised. What should I do to fix this?
>
> Faking the 'From' address on an email is about as hard as faking the
> return address on a paper letter. Anybody can write an email and say
> it's 'from' you. Not much you can do about it.


Has anyone used SPF (http://www.openspf.org/) or other email
identification schemes. Yahoo had one (domain keys
http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys) and Microsoft had one.

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JT Morée
PC Xperience, Inc.

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