From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 29 16:31:12 2003 Return-Path: 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 4490637B401 for ; Thu, 29 May 2003 16:31:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mgw1.MEIway.com (mgw1.meiway.com [212.73.210.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BC4343F3F for ; Thu, 29 May 2003 16:31:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from LConrad@Go2France.com) Received: from VirusGate.MEIway.com (virus-gate.meiway.com [212.73.210.91]) by mgw1.MEIway.com (Postfix Relay Hub) with ESMTP id 64DF2EF42C for ; Fri, 30 May 2003 01:21:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost.meiway.com [127.0.0.1]) by VirusGate.MEIway.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 22C505D009 for ; Fri, 30 May 2003 01:33:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.Go2France.com (ms1.meiway.com [212.73.210.73]) by VirusGate.MEIway.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C37235D008 for ; Fri, 30 May 2003 01:33:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from tx0-go2france-c.Go2France.com [32.102.169.8] by mail.Go2France.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.06) id AD8FAABB00F0; Fri, 30 May 2003 01:53:51 +0200 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.2.20030529172807.03781928@mail.go2france.com> X-Sender: LConrad@Go2France.com@mail.go2france.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 17:31:02 -0600 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Len Conrad In-Reply-To: <20030529171848.X51545@wonkity.com> References: <5.2.0.9.2.20030529085433.017db528@mail.servplex.com> <5.2.0.9.2.20030529085433.017db528@mail.servplex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: Re: Spammers forged my address - help unbury me from bounces? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 23:31:12 -0000 > > Try using the /etc/mail/access file, if you know what IP or domain it is > > coming from... > > > > IPADDRESS/DOMAIN 550 "RELAYING DENIED" > >Best to use a message that is more explanatory. They are bounce msgs from mailer-daemon, the mailer-daemon and no spammer every read the reject text. better to make the msg say something useful to your log file reporter than to any human. If a mailer-daemon sees its bounce-msg rejected with a 5xx, it will discard the msg. (what else can it to with it?) Len _____________________________________________________________________ http://MenAndMice.com/DNS-training: Denver; New York; Seattle IMGate.MEIway.com: anti-spam gateway, effective on 1000's of sites, free