At 08:43 PM 8/20/2001 +0200, you wrote:
>On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 11:26:35AM -0700, Travis Turner wrote:
> > --- Below this line is the original bounce.
> > Return-Path: <>
> > Received: (qmail 12564 invoked from network); 20 Aug 2001 15:20:09 -0000
> > Received: from unknown (HELO mail.) (4.48.164.237)
> > by mail.appliedi.com with SMTP; 20 Aug 2001 15:20:09 -0000
> > Message-ID: <GziQfNbo2td4T.4beMQiXQh01nPZsLlQ@mail.>
> > From: <>
> > Bcc:
> > Reply-To:
> > Subject: Are you more than $2000.in debt? We can help. (237982)
> > Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 08:08:39 -0400 (EDT)
> > MIME-Version: 1.0
> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset="US-ASCII"
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> > Are you more than $2000 in DEBT?
> >
> > Can anyone help.
>
>I think your setup ist correct.
>The problem with the above SPAM ist that the spammer mimics the
>SPAM mail as being a bounce message (empty envelope sender).
>Thus qmail thinks the recipient is the originator of that "bounce"
>and as the user does not exist on your system you get a double bounce.

I see what your saying but I don't think I have ever heard of a fix for 
that.  Would I have to get qmail not to receive mail from an empty envelope 
sender?

Travis

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