• Spams spoofing me to me

    From Darrell A. Larose@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 1 17:11:14 2021
    I am seeing an increase in spam to me that spoofs my e-mail address in
    the From: line is there an easy fix?


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  • From Grant Taylor@21:1/5 to Darrell A. Larose on Sat May 1 21:43:26 2021
    On 5/1/21 3:11 PM, Darrell A. Larose wrote:
    I am seeing an increase in spam to me that spoofs my e-mail address in
    the From: line is there an easy fix?

    Judicious use of SPF, DKIM, and DMARC should address this. As in
    publish information, sign messages, and filter incoming messages.



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  • From David Ritz@21:1/5 to Darrell A. Larose on Mon May 3 18:02:02 2021
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    On Saturday, 01 May 2021 17:11 -0400,
    in article <s6kg5i$rp6$1@imagesinflight.eternal-september.org>,
    Darrell A. Larose <Darrell.Larose@gmail.invalid> wrote:

    I am seeing an increase in spam to me that spoofs my e-mail address
    in the From: line is there an easy fix?

    That would depend on what you are actually attempting to accomplish.

    If you want to prevent spammers from using this technique, don't hold
    your breath. This has been going on for decades, based on the not
    unreasonable assumption that most people will automatically white-list
    their own address. This undoubtedly increases the likelihood that
    spam addressed in this manner is far more likely to end up in the
    target inbox.

    Here, if one stops blindly trusting what appears in the From header,
    ie. removing your address from any white-lists you may employ, the
    issue may be at least partially mitigated.

    If you are depending entirely on the filtering options available to
    you in Thunderbird, your road will be long and uphill.

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    David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com>
    Be kind to animals; kiss a shark.

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