Thanks, Scott. I guess I need to "can" a response as well. Dan
>>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of R. >>Scott Perry >>Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 10:16 AM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] I've been reported! >> >> >> >>>What do you do when uninformed (L)users start reporting you to spam >>>databases in error? >> >>That's usually easy to deal with. >> >>If they submitted you to a spam database that requires proof >>of spamming, >>you need to fix the problem that caused the spam to get out. >> >>If they submitted you to a spam database that doesn't require >>any proof of >>spamming, don't worry about it; anyone using such a test will >>lose a lot of >>their mail. >> >>>I received an email that was CC:ed to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] from >>>some guy who got a "400 Million Email Addresses" spam with a forged, >>>nonexistent email address on my domain in the "From:" field. >> >>This you don't have to worry about. It's impossible to list >>your domain in >>standard spam databases; only IPs get listed (with a few rare >>exceptions). >> >>>Here is his message and my reply. Anyone know about Abuse.net? I'm >>>gonna start crawling their site and figure out how much damage was >>>done. >> >>abuse.net is just a 'clearinghouse' of abuse@ addresses, >>nothing more, as >>far as I know. The "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" address >>simply re-routes >>the E-mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" (or another address, >>if you have a >>different address registered there). >> >>We have a "canned response" we send to people who send us >>complaints where >>the E-mail didn't originate from us (we have one domain that for some >>reason gets occasional abuse@ complaints like the one you saw). >> -Scott >> >>--- >>[This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
