From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 24 03:10:52 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 24EFC1065670 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:10:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz (southernuniform.com [66.76.92.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C62118FC1B for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:10:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id mAO3AoxI017867; Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:10:50 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at daleco.biz Received: from ezekiel.daleco.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ezekiel.daleco.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id hL+EDzTkBqww; Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:10:47 -0600 (CST) Received: from archangel.daleco.biz (ezekiel.daleco.biz [66.76.92.18]) by ezekiel.daleco.biz (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id mAO3AhKg017863; Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:10:45 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Message-ID: <492A1B32.30300@daleco.biz> Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:10:42 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080719 SeaMonkey/1.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: karl@hairytoe.co.uk References: <4350a4b5$51c751bd$e80afc0$@com> In-Reply-To: <4350a4b5$51c751bd$e80afc0$@com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail server 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: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:10:52 -0000 Karlos Linale wrote: > Hello, > > I was wondering if you could help me. > > For some reason I keep getting hundreds of emails on my mail server spool > which are being sent to your email address. Are you able to tell me how and > why this is happening? > I'm sorry to hear you're having trouble, but your answer is "no, probably not without my Karnak hat on, as I'm not a prophet or mind-reader." I might suspect backscatter from a spam control system that sends bounce notices --- what's the content of these messages? I'd think that message content and envelope details would help as much as anything else in tracking down the source of the issue. Kevin Kinsey -- The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.