Re: [OT Re: SPAM Problem]
Greg Maruszeczka wrote: It's probably blowback resulting from the activities of worm-infected windows hosts. Someone you correspond with got infected and the worm subsequently propagated itself by picking your name from their address book and inserting it into the from: header of the message carrying the worm. Then, badly configured MTAs send helpful NDRs to the sender informing them that they're messages couldn't be delivered Pretty routine, really. In 2005.01 we have got 48605 bounce messages (instead of 4-10, our clients prefer to call phone) to our help desk email and I was _forced_ to close this address with semi-helpful message after RCPT TO: command about new address. Now I reopened address and we get normal number of spam messages at it. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT Re: SPAM Problem]
On 07/23/05 05:11 PM, Greg Maruszeczka sat at the `puter and typed: Aaron Siegel wrote: Hello This message is off topic but I was not sure were else I can go to get help with my problem. For the past week I have been receiving messages from various mail servers which have bounced messages I have not sent but have my email address as the originator of the bounced message. I believe there are some SPAMers using my email address on their SPAM. I would really like to avoid changing my domain name. Has anyone experienced this problem? Is there something I can do? It's probably blowback resulting from the activities of worm-infected windows hosts. Someone you correspond with got infected and the worm subsequently propagated itself by picking your name from their address book and inserting it into the from: header of the message carrying the worm. Then, badly configured MTAs send helpful NDRs to the sender informing them that they're messages couldn't be delivered Pretty routine, really. Sorry I missed the OP, but this is something pretty much everyone sees at one time or another. I got to the point where I was receiving around 200/day before I started seeing myself in Joe-Jobs. Basically, they want a shot at getting through those servers that simply require a valid email address in the From: header. I find it ridiculous that these mail servers simply bounce it to that address rather than simply interpreting the headers and sending it back to abuse/postman/admin at the originating relay. This would certainly bring it to the attention of the very few people with the ability to stop the email coming. In the meantime, I'm afraid there's not much you can do unless you want to track that relay down yourself. Even if you find it, most times it's out of your reach (different country, etc). And if you do find it and it's coming from the next town over, it's not like the authories will want to convict anyone of identity theft - they still tend to go for the low hanging fruit, so best case scenario is you can get the ISP to shut them down until they find another provider. Maybe (big maybe) the ISP will sue them, but you don't get anything for your effort but the satisfaction that they got burned. I eventually shut down the domain I was getting so much spam at. I recently turned it back on after 6 months of downtime and immediately started getting over 40/day. Looks like some spammers never pare down the lists they sell. The only thing you can really do is install spam filters (like ports/mail/p5-Mail-SpamAssassin) so you don't have to look at it. Just make sure your address isn't whitelisted. Lou -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD-at-keyslapper-DOT-net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) Please send off-list email to: leblanc at keyslapper d.t net Key fingerprint = C5E7 4762 F071 CE3B ED51 4FB8 AF85 A2FE 80C8 D9A2 I do desire we may be better strangers. -- William Shakespeare, As You Like It pgpYYeMGakZes.pgp Description: PGP signature
[OT Re: SPAM Problem]
Aaron Siegel wrote: Hello This message is off topic but I was not sure were else I can go to get help with my problem. For the past week I have been receiving messages from various mail servers which have bounced messages I have not sent but have my email address as the originator of the bounced message. I believe there are some SPAMers using my email address on their SPAM. I would really like to avoid changing my domain name. Has anyone experienced this problem? Is there something I can do? It's probably blowback resulting from the activities of worm-infected windows hosts. Someone you correspond with got infected and the worm subsequently propagated itself by picking your name from their address book and inserting it into the from: header of the message carrying the worm. Then, badly configured MTAs send helpful NDRs to the sender informing them that they're messages couldn't be delivered Pretty routine, really. G ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT Re: SPAM Problem]
On 7/23/05, Greg Maruszeczka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aaron Siegel wrote: Hello This message is off topic but I was not sure were else I can go to get help with my problem. For the past week I have been receiving messages from various mail servers which have bounced messages I have not sent but have my email address as the originator of the bounced message. I believe there are some SPAMers using my email address on their SPAM. I would really like to avoid changing my domain name. Has anyone experienced this problem? Is there something I can do? It's probably blowback resulting from the activities of worm-infected windows hosts. Someone you correspond with got infected and the worm subsequently propagated itself by picking your name from their address book and inserting it into the from: header of the message carrying the worm. Then, badly configured MTAs send helpful NDRs to the sender informing them that they're messages couldn't be delivered Pretty routine, really. G ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yeah, that should, for the most part blow over is a few weeks. In the mean time just filter to the trash. If it to big of problem, you can always delete the NDR's from your mailbox using a script on a cron job. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
