On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 11:15 -0500, Rich Dygert wrote:
> Folks
> 
> I am the postmaster for @compuserve.com and @csi.com (the "i" is 
> important, @cs.com is someone else).
> 
> A couple months ago my email traffic doubled (from 1 million a day to 2 
> million a day). After some investigation I found that a spammer was 
> sending from [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I was getting the back splatter. I 
> cancelled the [EMAIL PROTECTED] account and thought the spammer would soon 
> stop. Turns out I was wrong, the spammer is still at it.

Sure, since they are forging the address anyway...

>  I just received 
> several hundred attempts to return email from @walmart.com.
> 
> To make a long story short, please feel free to block [EMAIL PROTECTED] You 
> can verify that the address is invalid first if you wish.
> 
> Is there a better way to handle something like this?

SPF or domainkeys.  Then Walmart would know that the message being sent
was forged.



-- 
Daniel J McDonald, CCIE #2495, CISSP #78281, CNX
Austin Energy
http://www.austinenergy.com

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