From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 24 00:35:35 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30A8016A41F for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 00:35:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hornetmadness@gmail.com) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3B9C43D48 for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 00:35:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hornetmadness@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 34so73510rns for ; Sat, 23 Jul 2005 17:35:34 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=aSSnZDlGi5SL5sn3NLZorxb4lB/4FS38hswkD37QUuOsfwxefiARdxa1KxvJd8tRGzF9uEN3JcuOYL/acHrkGVMe6PB1V3Hc81HRvevbIECd8J3r5/s2vAwcNyFTTEAa6lRMbz6EtPLN8YOxQVObN+1jVcFFUaiAma8r0wjr3Bg= Received: by 10.38.103.16 with SMTP id a16mr72509rnc; Sat, 23 Jul 2005 17:35:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.38.8.44 with HTTP; Sat, 23 Jul 2005 17:35:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 20:35:34 -0400 From: Hornet To: Greg Maruszeczka In-Reply-To: <42E2DCAC.3060700@grokking.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <200507231237.44829.bulk_mail@siegel-tech.net> <42E2DCAC.3060700@grokking.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [OT Re: SPAM Problem] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Hornet List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 00:35:35 -0000 On 7/23/05, Greg Maruszeczka 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.