Technically speaking you could go after the spammer/spamvertized site for identity theft and defamation of character. In fact I wouldn't hesitate, you have nothing to loose.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Abigail Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 7:34 PM Subject: Re: [SAtalk] Ideas on dealing with Joe Job? > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------- 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
