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[ Viagra spam ]
> I'm getting lots of 'mail returned' messages for messages that I
> haven't sent - it looks like someone is using my eMail address in
> their forged headers.

I've had the same spam, relayed through a site that hosts a mailing
list I subscribe to.

> I've sent a copy to my ISP (Demon) who have been sympathetic but
> have implied that it's my problem.

Demon's attitude to incoming spam is fucking moronic and I'm looking
for an alternative provider as a result of it.  About 80% of all the
mail I now get is spam, and Demon provides no way to filter it at the
server end - all I can do is filter by SMTP envelope, which takes a
ridiculous amount of maintenance and connect time, and entirely fails
to deal with spams like this one.  A simple rule like "check the sites
on the Received: lines and if any of them are in UUNET's or PSINET's
address space, bounce it" would eliminate most of the spam any of us
get.

What the hell is the point of all the fancy services they provide if
they can't keep something as basic as email usable?

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