Thanks for the reply Eric, So from reading the info at the link you provided there really is not too much you can do to prevent backscatter?
On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Eric Shubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Richard Baxant wrote: > > I am getting 100s of messages since yesterday to one of my emails > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with these various subjects: > > > > failure notice > > Delivery Status Notification (Failure) > > Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender > > Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender > > > > They are clearly all spam and virus messages, Is there a way I can > > block these without killing the fact if a "valid" message actually > > does fail that I still get the appropriate message? > > > > TIA > > ricbax > > > > These are probably what is called backscatter. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backscatter_(e-mail) > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
