Hi there,

> Dear Friends
> I am very sorry to send this message to you all. Those of you who have
no
> problem in sending and receiving e-mail to me just ignore rest of the
> message and get back to your productive work. However if you are
interested
> in knowing about SPAM (unsolicited e mail) and RSS (RELAY SPAM STOPPER)
> blocking please continue reading. It may be worth your time.

This is happening increasingly on a lot of academic domains, and is very
worrying, and unfortunately just about unstoppable.

The following report from the UK Joint Academic Network provides a good
explanation:

http://www.ja.net/mail/junk/collateral.html

Cheers,

Andrew