Comments on: 7 Steps I’ve Tried to Stop E-Mail Address Hacking

By: Working at Home on the Internet

Working at Home on the Internet — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:26:38 +0000

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By: Death to Email Hijackers!! - Web Site Design, Internet Marketing, and Search Engine Optimization Services

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 06:48:50 +0000

[...] Okay, so Joe talked about it a few weeks ago, and now (a former employer of mine ) Jim Boykin is raving about it as well. Chances are such that if you have any kind of website, you’ve fallen victim to it, as have I. I call it “email hijacking” and it happens when someone sends out their spam email campaign using your domain name in the “Reply-to” section. [...]

By: seanrox

seanrox — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:36:50 +0000

Hi Joe, if your host doesn’t understand SPF records or if they don’t use them, it’s time for a new host. SPF records are being used by all the major ISP’s now: Earthlink, Comcast, AOL, etc.

I have a friend who works at BlueHost, so depending on what you find out, let me know and I can put a call into him to see if there is something he can to for your specifically.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:34:04 +0000

Hey seanrox,

I did ask BlueHost about something similar, they said there is no way they know of to stop someone from using @domain.com with bogus users.

I’ll check out the link you provided to see if it would work for me. I need something, it seems they are starting up again.

Thanks,

Joe

By: seanrox

seanrox — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:17:32 +0000

You should also check into an SPF (Sender Permitted From) record for your domain name.

Check out OpenSPF.org for more information.