Help: my e-mail address is being spoofed by a spammer!

Subject: Help: my e-mail address is being spoofed by a spammer!
From: Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:15:29 -0500

I suppose it had to happen. In the past couple hours, some spammer has used my e-mail address to spoof the "from:" line of their e-mail headers. In the past hour, I've received several hundred bounce messages for mail I never sent. (Fortunately, my junk mail filter traps most of it.)

Any thoughts on what I can do other than buying large quantities of antacids? I assume that until the current storm abates--i.e., until the spammer gets bored because the junk filters are trapping their spoofed messages--I'm stuck with the problem unless I'm willing to change e-mail addresses and notify a _large_ number of people of the change. Fortunately, no angry e-mails yet from victims of the spam.

(Note: I'm using Mac OS-X, so it's very unlikely I've been infected with spyware or had my Mac turned into a spam zombie... no such software has been reported yet for the Mac. Also no viruses, though my antivirus subscription is up to date.)

Help!

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Geoff Hart ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca
(try geoffhart -at- mac -dot- com if you don't get a reply)
www.geoff-hart.com
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