Comments on: Why Do I Keep Receiving Non-Delivery Receipts for Messages I Didn’t Send? http://blog.kbsweb.com/why-do-i-keep-receiving-non-delivery-receipts-for-messages-i-didnt-send/ Techmology Bits Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jeremy Scott http://blog.kbsweb.com/why-do-i-keep-receiving-non-delivery-receipts-for-messages-i-didnt-send/#comment-1839 Jeremy Scott Mon, 12 May 2008 18:10:31 +0000 http://blog.kbsweb.com/?p=286#comment-1839 Thomas, While I can understand the concern, I don't see any evidence online that spoofed email messages can lead to any kind of liability issue. It's pretty much the same thing as someone spoofing your physical street address in a mailing. I would guess that there would have to be some legal proof that you knew in advance and neglected to stop it--which is impossible. I'd go with your IT guy on this one. Thomas,
While I can understand the concern, I don’t see any evidence online that spoofed email messages can lead to any kind of liability issue. It’s pretty much the same thing as someone spoofing your physical street address in a mailing. I would guess that there would have to be some legal proof that you knew in advance and neglected to stop it–which is impossible.

I’d go with your IT guy on this one.

]]> By: Thomas W. Beaver, Esq. http://blog.kbsweb.com/why-do-i-keep-receiving-non-delivery-receipts-for-messages-i-didnt-send/#comment-1838 Thomas W. Beaver, Esq. Mon, 12 May 2008 17:15:49 +0000 http://blog.kbsweb.com/?p=286#comment-1838 This has happened to me several times. Being an attorney, I automatically start thinking about potential liability issues (to the point that I'm starting to annoy our IT admin.) So maybe you can answer: Have you had any information about liability claims against a legitimate email account owner whose account was "spoofed" in order to send a virus, or a very offensive message? Or is my IT Admin correct: I'm getting paranoid in my dotage! This has happened to me several times. Being an attorney, I automatically start thinking about potential liability issues (to the point that I’m starting to annoy our IT admin.) So maybe you can answer: Have you had any information about liability claims against a legitimate email account owner whose account was “spoofed” in order to send a virus, or a very offensive message? Or is my IT Admin correct: I’m getting paranoid in my dotage!

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