When Spammers Use YOUR E-Mail Address?

AlphaOne asks: "Is there any legal recourse (in California or otherwise) for a spammer sending mail out with MY e-mail address as the forged 'from'? I have received an (only one for now, thankfully) 'undeliverable' message for an e-mail I never sent. Upon closer investigation, it looks like a bounce from a much larger mailing for a porn site. To make matters worse, the message is JavaScript encoded and I had to spend about 30 minutes decoding the message just to figure out who the spammer could potentially be. I'm confident I know at least who was paying for the spamming, but I may not be able to directly track down the spammer him/herself (as is so often the case). Does anyone know of a precident in a case like this? Is it worth litigating if I get bombarded with bounces, hate-mail, removal requests, or anything else?" SPAM is one thing, but cowardly spammers who have to use someone else's address for their crap advertisements is something else. What can one do in this situation?