Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 20:35:34 -0400 From: Hornet <hornetmadness@gmail.com> To: Greg Maruszeczka <greg@grokking.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [OT Re: SPAM Problem] Message-ID: <f42935a6050723173542d407f9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <42E2DCAC.3060700@grokking.org> References: <200507231237.44829.bulk_mail@siegel-tech.net> <42E2DCAC.3060700@grokking.org>
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On 7/23/05, Greg Maruszeczka <greg@grokking.org> wrote: > Aaron Siegel wrote: > > Hello > > > > This message is off topic but I was not sure were else I can go to get = help > > with my problem. For the past week I have been receiving messages from > > various mail servers which have bounced messages I have not sent but ha= ve my > > email address as the originator of the bounced message. I believe there= are > > some SPAMers using my email address on their SPAM. I would really like = to > > avoid changing my domain name. Has anyone experienced this problem? Is= there > > something I can do? > > >=20 > It's probably "blowback" resulting from the activities of worm-infected > windows hosts. Someone you correspond with got infected and the worm > subsequently propagated itself by picking your name from their address > book and inserting it into the from: header of the message carrying the > worm. Then, badly configured MTAs send "helpful" NDRs to the "sender" > informing them that they're messages couldn't be delivered >=20 > Pretty routine, really. >=20 > G > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >=20 Yeah, that should, for the most part blow over is a few weeks. In the mean time just filter to the trash. If it to big of problem, you can always delete the NDR's from your mailbox using a script on a cron job.
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