Clarification for “generally speaking”: Not all bounced messages leading you to this page means that the message was spam. Case in point: You might have sent a legitimate e-mail message to a misspelled e-mail address. This too might get you a bounced message leading you here. In which case, either send your legitimate message again to the correct address or submit your questions/comments through the site's mail form. Of course you would have found this page if you happened upon a link on another Web site (or within this site) leading you here.

It's even more frustrating because we victims of spoofing can't stop spammers from spoofing our addresses. Every domain name owner can potentially have their e-mail addresses spoofed for use in sending UCE. However, you do not need to own a domain name to be a victim. It's possible for people who use e-mail to have their own e-mail addresses spoofed too. Once a spammer gets hold of your e-mail address, it's very simple and easy to include your address as the sender. You can't stop them; at least not easily without legal court proceedings. That's made even more difficult to fight when the sender of UCE (a.k.a. spam) lives in another country.

Next time you think you know the source of a spam message after seeing the sender's e-mail address, think again. Spammers do not want to get caught. Spoofing is used to cover their tracks. As much as I hate what spoofing and spamming does, it's likely not going to stop any time soon. If every single person would ignore these spam messages, spam would stop. Sadly, there are still enough recipients who answer spam messages by buying the products advertised in this manner.