Date: 29 May 2003 07:40:38 -0700 From: Mark Foster <mark@foster.cc> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Spammers forged my address - help unbury me from bounces? Message-ID: <1054219238.2840.25.camel@gentoo1.enic.cc> In-Reply-To: <873cixygac.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net> References: <87el2ixt2v.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net> <3ED5A16D.8050909@mac.com> <873cixygac.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net>
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I've always used ... foo@bar.com 550 address poisoned by spammers or something more descriptive, as it helps the recipient of the bounce (of the bounce) gets a clue. On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 07:32, Kirk Strauser wrote: > At 2003-05-29T05:58:05Z, Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> writes: > > > Don't accept the messages in the first place; that way, your machines > > won't have responsibility for trying to bounce the messages later on. > > Sounds good to me. > > > You don't mention which mail server you are using, but if you haven't > > changed the default FreeBSD MTA, add something like: > > > > erin@honeypot.net 550 I don't want this mail! > > michelle@honeypot.net 550 I don't want this mail! > > > > ...to /etc/mail/access and do a "make" in /etc/mail. > > Excellent! That was exactly what I needed. -- -mdf [Mark D. Foster] http://mark.foster.cc/
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