HH> Not SA, but you people are my spam experts... HH> I'm getting a BUNCH of bounces where someone has used a return address HH> that returns to me. This address is commonly used by spammers (it's an HH> invalid address here, but I get all the mail with invalid usernames). The HH> mail is promoting onlineclicks.biz . With all the bounces, I'd hate to HH> think how many pieces of this spam are actually getting through. Amazingly HH> I have not yet received angry mail from a recipient.
HH> So, what can I do about this spam technique? Anything? Probably nothing - I've got the same problem running a website with a well-known domain name. Like you, I find it is rare to get complaints -- I think this is because the spammers aren't fooling many people - either the recipients deleting unwanted email without paying attention to where it came from, or else the users are sophisticated enough to realize that the domain name is being spoofed. It is not a true "Joe Job" because it won't get you blacklisted or in serious trouble unless headers are also being spoofed or fraudulently coded to make it look like your server is actually the source of the email. Like you, I get email to wildcard users on my domain, but when I have a specific nonexistent username that is being abused in any way, I set that up as a "REJECT" in my SMTP access database, so if anyone actually tries to reply to that email, they'd immediately get a "no such user" bounce. Hope this helps, Abigail ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
