From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 11 09:59:43 2004 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 03CB616A4CE for ; Tue, 11 May 2004 09:59:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mygirlfriday.info (user204.net795.mo.sprint-hsd.net [65.41.216.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D37EB43D55 for ; Tue, 11 May 2004 09:59:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gv-mailed@mygirlfriday.info) Received: (qmail 99157 invoked from network); 11 May 2004 16:59:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mygirlfriday.info) (192.168.0.5) by mongo.mygirlfriday.info with SMTP; 11 May 2004 16:59:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 17269 invoked by uid 500); 11 May 2004 16:59:40 -0000 Message-ID: <20040511165940.17268.qmail@letric.mygirlfriday.info> Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 11:59:40 -0500 From: Gary To: Buck@buck-jones.com Mail-Followup-To: Buck@buck-jones.com, Freebsd-Questions References: <20040511161102.EYTJ3317.out006.verizon.net@outgoing.verizon.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: Hardly User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: Freebsd-Questions Subject: Re: spam spoofers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 16:59:43 -0000 On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 09:34:25AM -0700 or thereabouts, Buck@buck-jones.com wrote: > > I am getting hundreds of spam with return addresses on it from MY server.. > the ip addresses are different and they didn't originate from my server . > now I am getting notices from AOL and other they are going to stop > excepting mail from me...while this is no loss to me, I see a problem > here... is there anyway to stop this, anyone to call,,,,anything to do? you neglected to add basic info, as... do you run your own mail server, or do you go through your ISP? In any event, if they did not originate from your computer/server, you are the victim of a joe-job, google for it. There is nothing really you can do, except to notify the ISPs IP addresses where the spam is originating from.. > I also have a woman getting mail from a sick person with the address and > return the same as her address. the police, FBI, are no help.. so, give her a new email address, and cancel the old one, and notify the ISP of the IP address where the "sick person" is coming from. . -- Gary