Don't you think it would be better for you to be irritated at the person who is spoofing your email address and using that to send various emails to Gov. Bush?

Plunge, you raise a good point. Which leads me to wonder - why in the world would anyone want to send an-email to Jeb Bush pretending to be from me, a Seattle-based freelance journalist? Must be some folks with WAY too much time on their hands out there.

I'd be concerned about what was written in your name. Knowing you are conservative, the Left often resorts to diabolical means to get back at people they are pissed off at. They could be sending Jeb a nasty note. Thus the form letter, signifying Jeb won't sink to the level of responding to such stupidity.

Maybe you should write him and tell him someone is using your email. Request them to forward you and emails from you. It could demand legal action. IP addresses are great trackers.

Scott

Um, do you think this could maybe be virus-related spoofed mail, and he just has an autoresponder running? Maybe?

I just spoke to Guv's office and they say they will check and see what, if anything, has been sent to them with my e-mail as a (fake) return address.

Whatever exactly is going on, I'll try to find out and update here as more info becomes available.

Thanks to all for sharing your knowledge. Gotta admit, this is a new one for me.

OK, here's the deal, according to Gov. Bush's office. They checked, and report back to me that they have received no e-mail bearing my return address. Which would tend to rule out the plausible suspicion someone is spoofing me.

I have asked if they could check further on why I have received several e-mails from the Gov. saying he could not reply to some (unspecified)e-mailed question I never actually posed. We'll see if they have more info to share. My offer a top-to-bottom communications audit still stands. And of course I can bring in an IT subcontractor cause' that sure ain't my speciality).