On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 10:08 -0700, Neil Schneider wrote: > Lan Barnes wrote: > > Forwarded in its entirety is this mail bounce notice. I need adult > > advice > > on what it means. It looks to me like a Canadian Doctor spam was sent > > > <snip> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: host 139.98.9.13[139.98.9.13] said: 550 5.1.1 > > Recipient > > unknown (in reply to RCPT TO command) > > Unless these IP addresses belong to you, ignore these messages. I > suspect the bounce went to the "from" address (yours) instead of back > to the server it originated from. I occasionally see these addressed > to me. Unless you are running an open relay these are likely > misdirected bounces. >
I get misdirected bounces all the time and usually ignore them. The exception is when I get them regularly from the same domain/system. In such a case, I inform the admin. of the domain/system that the bounce came from that they need a new spam filter because theirs is too stupid to correctly read a header and either not return a bounce at all (like a spammer is gonna care about a bounce message?), or return it to the correct place. In every case, the bounces have stopped shortly thereafter. PGA -- Paul G. Allen BSIT/SE Owner/Sr. Engineer Random Logic Consulting www.randomlogic.com -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
