Since this subject has come up this a.m., and no one has mentioned the
following explanation, I will offer...

There's a thing called "spoofing" going on with emails where a
disreputable character can send an email from his/her computer with
the "sent from" address line showing the valid address of a perfectly
innocent person.  It's sort of akin to "identity theft" in the email
world.  Such a message can be deciphered by a competent technician to
get some clues as to where it actually originated, but my experience
is that few will go to the trouble.

I know about this because it has happened to me - someone used my
email address, and on multiple occasions.  A search for the term
"spoofing" on the Internet will confirm the existence of this
technique and more detailed information.  You will receive a number of
valid "hits" if you do such a search on Google.  One of the sites
explaining the phenomena is here:

http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html

Paul, my guess is that your address has been spoofed.  Marie, I think
you're the victim of such a spoofed email.

Lou Poole, Richardson, TX

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