I noticed this afternoon that someone has chosen to use my old email address to spam people. I got the first hint when a bounce back came to me saying it was stuck in a loop – it was addressed to my old address. Checking my spam filter shows there are heaps of returned messages there. Such a pain because it wasn’t me sending them and I hate people thinking I’m responsible for them.
I was checking my stats for the day and noticed a big spike in hits today – I wondered what brought that on? I checked the links and find that a large number have called up my old domain – which is housed with this current domain. Perhaps people are checking out the domain of the email address to find out who was emailing them.
I haven’t seen the content of the email and perhaps I don’t want to, but hopefully those checking my site out will realise I don’t have a connection with whatever was sent to them. Who knows? It might bring some new clients!
spammers, returned mail, bounced mail, webstats, virtual assistant
Debbie Stevens says
Hi Kathie-
That’s a very important bit of information, thanks. Do you know of any service that can help people check on old emails? Is there any software that can be used to protect when using the same server, but new address?
BTW–LOVED the article ‘Your Home Business’ did on you!
Teri Dempski says
I love the way you have taken something negative and are putting a positive spin on it. Keep thinking positive!
Melodieann Whiteley says
Don’t you love it when something that was designed to be negative actually turns out to be a good thing?
Karen O'Bannon says
It seems like there’s always someone somewhere trying to put a cink in the chain. Glad you were able to spot it.
Melinda says
I get the same thing. All my old domains are redirected to my current site so I get the traffic. It just annoys me that someone does that with MY email, it feels like an invasion of my privacy. It’s a shame they don’t have anything better to do with their time…