Worm bait?

[Richard Chonak]

Stephen Anthony wrote:
> I received a email from a postfix mailer that tells me the message I
> sent bounced. All well and good, except I didn't send the message to
> begin with. Also, it says it was sent from my old attbi.com address
> (correct user name, tho) which I haven't used in a few months.
> 
> I'm running my Evolution as my mail client, if that matters. 
> 
> I'm concerned that someone may have gotten access to the attbi account
> and is sending mail as me. 

The spammer probably didn't get any access to your attbi account; he just forged 
  his spam with your address and mailed it from somewhere else.   The bounce 
mail containing his spam reached you, so the tactic worked.

--RC