We are not sending unsolicited email from this domain. Someone is spoofing their emails to look as if they were sent from my domain address. We have taken action as prescribed by our mail hosting service.  We do not condone spam or individuals that break the law. Please read the email from GoDaddy after I notified them that there was a problem.

Dear Jim,
 
Thank you for contacting Go Daddy's Spam and Abuse Department.
 
The most likely reason that you are getting inundated by returned mail notices is because an unscrupulous individual is using your domain name as the return to address for a spam or unsolicited email campaign. This is commonly known as email "spoofing".
 
Email spoofing may occur in different forms, but all have a similar result: a user receives email that appears to have originated from one source when it actually was sent from another source. Email spoofing is often an attempt to hide the identity of the actual sender of an unsolicited email message (aka spam).
 
More information on email spoofing can be found at the following sites:
 
Unfortunately, there is no way that you can proactively prevent this from occurring. Please be assured that we will protect your domain name if you are not at fault. Go Daddy researches each complaint of this nature that we receive and inform complainants that it is not the fault of the domain owner but of the owner of the domain advertised in the offending message. If we have any questions we will send you a warning message and allow you to respond.
 
Spam campaigns are usually short lived because the responsible party is constantly attempting to avoid detection. Spammers will change identity often.
 
In the meantime, there are a few actions you can take to deal with this situation:
 
- If you have a website associated with this domain name you should place a notice on your site explaining the situation so that any recipients of the offending messages will know that you are not responsible.
 
- If your email services utilize a "catch all" address you may want to disable this feature for 3-5 working days. This will prevent you from receiving these returned email messages.
 
- Find out what website is benefiting from the fraudulent spam message, and complain to their service providers.
 
If the owner of the domain name benefiting from this message is registered through Go Daddy we will take action against this individual. If this is the case, we will need a copy of the actual spam advertisement, not the returned mail or "bounce" notices. If you do not have a copy of the actual spam advertisement you should ask any individuals that complain to forward one to you. Be sure to include all e-mail headers (see below) so that Go Daddy can investigate this matter more efficiently.
 
If the owner of the domain name benefiting from this message has not registered the domain name through Go Daddy you can discover their identity by performing a "WhoIS" lookup on the offending domain. The results of your search will reveal both the domain name registrar and the name servers for the offending domain name. A "WhoIS" search on these name servers will reveal the web hosting provider where this domain name's website resides. Report this email spoofing action to the domain name registrar, the web hosting provider and the Federal Trade Commission at UCE@FTC.gov.
 
Domain name "WhoIs" lookups can be performed at the following sites:
 
What Are E-mail "Headers"?
 
Every e-mail message you send and receive is prefixed with a block of text known as the "header". This contains information about who is sending the message, the recipient of the message, the servers that handle the message in between the sender and receiver, and other technical information.
 
Most e-mail clients will hide this information from you. Use the following instructions to view the full header information:
 
Outlook
 
- Double-click on the message in your Inbox to open it.
- Click on the "View" menu.
- Select "Options".
- Select all text in the box labeled "Internet Headers".
- Right-click on the selection and choose "Copy" from the pop-up menu.
- In your email reply to this message right-click, and choose "Paste" from the pop-up menu.

Outlook Express
 
- Double-click on the message in your Inbox to open it.
- Click on the "File" menu.
- Select "Properties".
- Click the "Details" tab - Select all text in the box labeled "Internet Headers for This Message".
- Right-click on the selection and choose "Copy" from the pop-up menu.
- In your email reply to this message right-click, and choose "Paste" from the pop-up menu.

Go Daddy Web-Based Email
 
- From your inbox click on the message you wish to obtain the header information for.
- Click the "Apply This Action..." dropdown box located on the right side of the message box.
- Select "View Full Header".
- Click the "Go" button to display the full header information.
- Highlight the header information, right-click the selection and choose "Copy" from the pop-up menu.
- In your email reply to this message right-click, and choose "Paste" from the pop-up menu.

Eudora
 
- Double-click on the message in your Inbox to open it.
- In the message toolbar, click the button labeled "Blah Blah Blah", next to the pencil.
- Select all text of the message.
- Right-click on the selection and choose "Copy" from the pop-up menu.
- In your email reply to this message right-click, and choose "Paste" from the pop-up menu.

Netscape 6
 
- Double-click on the message in your Inbox to open it.
- Click the "View" menu.
- Click "Message Source".
- Select all text of the message.
- Right-click on the selection and choose "Copy" from the pop-up menu.
- In your email reply to this message right-click, and choose "Paste" from the pop-up menu.

Sincerely,
 
Spam and Abuse Department
GoDaddy.com

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: spam
From: "Jim Gambill" <cgambill.com>
Date: Tue, January 09, 2007 11:13 am
To: <abuse@godaddy.com>

my account # is ******. It looks like someone is sending mail using arbitrary names at cgambill.com. Is there a way to stop theses unwanted emails?
 
Thanks,
Jim Gambill