>Lisa, more likely than not, that may be some kind of system
>problem, rather than a personal attempt to harass you. When I
>think of an email bombing, I picture the ones I've had dumped on
>me that were 2000 and 2800 emails respectively... all requiring
>deletion and taking many hours to download. Each contained the
>same smut, AND each was lists as being SENT BY * ME* TO ME!! In
>other words, there's software out there available to the average
>hacker-type which will rob you of your private email account name
>and enable that hacker to send messages - including pornographic
>ones, to ANYONE on the Internet, under YOUR name! How do ya like
>THEM apples?
>Barb Mallut
Barb,
I'm not a lawyer, but I suspect that sending offensive E-mail
(especially pornography) under someone else's E-mail I.D.
would constitute libel/ defamation of character. If someone
did this with my E-mail I.D., I would sue them... and a
conviction for libel can be VERY expensive.
If someone is harassing you as you describe, their service
provider would be well advised to cancel his account before
they become an accessory... these mailings ARE probably
traceable to the internet service provider at which they
originated.
-Bill
