Probably because someone on one of these lists has a virus. If that's the case, the virus is harvesting all the email addresses on that computer and sending itself to them, as well as spoofing those addresses to make it look like that's where the mail is coming from when it really isn't. Take care. Julie Morales inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Windows/MSN Messenger (but not email): mercy0421@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: mercy0421 ----- Original Message ----- From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 11:38 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] viruses I am getting spam supposedly from benetech and with email addresses which have topica in them. Lots and lots of the spam I receive here lately seems to be bookshare related in address at least. I am not blaming anyone just pointing out that this has been on a big increase in the past month or so. E.