This is a result of posting to "public" accessible newsgroups without "hiding"
your email address you posted with. Several spammers / spammer systems gather
all possible email addresses they can find off the Usenet groups and then use
these in order to "by-pass" spam filtering system. never post with a true
email address.



On 11/05/2008 "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatya hoo.com> wrote:
>guzoon <guzoon@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I got a spam e-mail to-day to one of my web addresses from the 'very
>> same e-mail address as mine'. It was, say, from xyz@msn.com to
>> xyz@msn.com. How is that possible?
>>
>> TIA
>
>Someone spoofed you as the sender - this is trivial to do, and it happens
>all the time. The specifications for SMTP email were originally designed for
>a kinder, gentler world without spammers. You can take a look at the message
>headers if you want more info, but it's generally futile trying to track
>down the scumbags one message at a time, to be honest.
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