Re: Spam sent to me from my own mail server ?

2008-08-27 Thread Jason C. Wells
Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: Hello, for some time now I keep receiving spam mails from my own (small) mail server, some of them with faked usernames some of them even with my own ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). 1) How is this possible? 2) What can I or do I have to do against it? I am running a

Re: Spam sent to me from my own mail server ?

2008-08-27 Thread Steve Bertrand
Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: Hello, for some time now I keep receiving spam mails from my own (small) mail server, some of them with faked usernames some of them even with my own ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). How have you identified that they are actually being delivered by your server itself? It

Re: Spam sent to me from my own mail server ?

2008-08-27 Thread Wayne Sierke
On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 11:40 -0400, Steve Bertrand wrote: Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: Hello, for some time now I keep receiving spam mails from my own (small) mail server, some of them with faked usernames some of them even with my own ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). How have you identified

Re: Spam sent to me from my own mail server ?

2008-08-27 Thread Peter Ulrich Kruppa
Steve Bertrand schrieb: Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: Hello, for some time now I keep receiving spam mails from my own (small) mail server, some of them with faked usernames some of them even with my own ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). How have you identified that they are actually being delivered by

Re: Spam sent to me from my own mail server ?

2008-08-27 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Aug 27, 2008, at 7:38 AM, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: for some time now I keep receiving spam mails from my own (small) mail server, some of them with faked usernames some of them even with my own ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). 1) How is this possible? Forging email headers is trivial. You can

Re: Spam sent to me from my own mail server ?

2008-08-27 Thread Matthew Seaman
Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: Steve Bertrand schrieb: Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: for some time now I keep receiving spam mails from my own (small) mail server, some of them with faked usernames some of them even with my own ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). The only way to tell for certain is to review

Re: Spam sent to me from my own mail server ?

2008-08-27 Thread Chris Pratt
Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: Hello, for some time now I keep receiving spam mails from my own (small) mail server, some of them with faked usernames some of them even with my own ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Matthew's message beat me to the response but I had typed one. There are some great tools

Re: Spam sent to me from my own mail server ?

2008-08-27 Thread Peter Ulrich Kruppa
Sorry, I forgot to post to the list! Matthew Seaman schrieb: Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: Steve Bertrand schrieb: Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: for some time now I keep receiving spam mails from my own (small) mail server, some of them with faked usernames

Re: Spam sent to me from my own mail server ?

2008-08-27 Thread Matthew Seaman
Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: Matthew Seaman schrieb: If you're using sendmail as your MTA, then look at implementing the following features in your $(hostname).mc: Would that mean a file called /etc/mail/pukruppa.net.mc in my case? Since I get # hostname pukruppa.net or do I