“The bounceback e-mail messages come in at a trickle, maybe one or two every hour. The subject lines are disquieting: “Cyails, Vygara nad Levytar,” “UNSOLICITED BULK EMAIL, apparently from you.”
You eye your computer screen; you’re nervous. What’s going on ? Have you been hacked? Are you some kind of zombie botnet spammer?
Nope, you’re just getting a little backscatter — bounceback messages from legitimate e-mail servers that have been fooled by the spammers. “