Art, what do you mean when you say they are coming back to you?

1) Is your address in the header?

or 2) Does the subject line of a spam say "RE: somethingorother

or 3) Does your email program say that the letter is from "your email address"

I get spams that have "RE: Tell me about your $$$$$$ offer" in the subject line. (the RE: makes it look like it is a reply.) I also get spams that show up as from my email address. Since my emails have my name and not my email address, I know they aren't from me.

If you're interested in fighting spam, one thing you can do is register at SpamCop. It takes a little time to follow all the instructions, but it really seems to work. I know that my ISP got blocked by another ISP close by geographically because someone was sending spam from my ISP. I couldn't send email to a friend here in town, so I complained to my ISP until they did something about it. I don't know if they shut down the spammer, but at least someone received a lot of attention. I turn in very few spams, but once I got one so pornographic (pictures actually inserted in the email) I got great delight in turning them in.