From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 16 23:00:02 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F6E11065677 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:00:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: from k7.mavetju.org (ppp121-44-17-36.lns10.syd7.internode.on.net [121.44.17.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B929D8FC12 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:00:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: by k7.mavetju.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id B3E604505B; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:59:17 +1100 (EST) Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:59:17 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20081016225917.GA92530@mavetju.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081016090102.17qwm4xcs6f4so8ok@intranet.casasponti.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: eculp@casasponti.net Subject: I've just found a new and interesting spam source - legitimate bounce messages X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:00:02 -0000 > In the last hour, I've received over 200 legitimate bounce messages > from email services as a result of someone having used or worse is > using my email address in spam from multiple windows machines and ip > addresses. When this happens I enable the "move all messages from mailer-daemon to /dev/null" rules in procmail for a day or two. And curse at the people who originated the original spam... Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis Website: http://www.mavetju.org/ edwin@mavetju.org Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/