On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 10:04:53PM -0700, Orville R. Weyrich_Jr wrote: > I have recently been getting a lot of bounce messages addressed to an > in-mail box on my FreeBSD system <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > These bounced messages were NOT sent by my system, because there is no > user account by that name (it is an incoming forward to the account I am > using to send this message). > > I believe that these messages are spam with a forged header. I am afraid > that my system will be black-holed by someone who thinks I really did > originate the messages. > > What can I do?
Not a damn thing. Anyone who has the temerity to post to an email list or put an address on a website gets these. So far, I haven't noticed being blacklisted because of them - perhaps the blacklisters have the sense to notice that the From doesn't match the Received headers. If the volume gets too high, procmail is your friend. -- Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf I'm available by contract or FT, in the NYC metro area or via the 'Net. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
