[SpamCop-List] Re: Why am I being blocked!!!!!!!!

[Pete Stephenson]

In article <cpa47j$5vs$1 at news.spamcop.net>, "Pop" <nobody at spamcop.net> 
wrote:

> Dumb question:  Spamtraps never send mail; how would an 
> auto-responder send mail to a spamtrap?

It wouldn't, but it's possible that a third party might get infected 
with a virus, the virus spews out mail to the auto-responder with a 
"From" address forging the address of the spamtrap.

The auto-responding system replies to the message, not knowing it's 
sending to a spamtrap and the spamtrap then lists the auto-responding 
system.

I get gobs of bounce messages and "You're infected with a virus!"[1] 
messages that purport to be from me but are mere forgeries.

> Just curious what I'm missing,

Hope this helps.

[1] I run Mac OS X and Red Hat Linux. Both systems have updated 
anti-virus software on them. The odds of me having any of the viruses 
described in the error messages (every single one being a Windows virus) 
are nil. Stupid software.

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Pete Stephenson
HeyPete.com