Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 17:11:24 -0700 From: Greg Maruszeczka <greg@grokking.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: [OT Re: SPAM Problem] Message-ID: <42E2DCAC.3060700@grokking.org> In-Reply-To: <200507231237.44829.bulk_mail@siegel-tech.net> References: <200507231237.44829.bulk_mail@siegel-tech.net>
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Aaron Siegel wrote: > Hello > > This message is off topic but I was not sure were else I can go to get help > with my problem. For the past week I have been receiving messages from > various mail servers which have bounced messages I have not sent but have my > email address as the originator of the bounced message. I believe there are > some SPAMers using my email address on their SPAM. I would really like to > avoid changing my domain name. Has anyone experienced this problem? Is there > something I can do? > It's probably "blowback" resulting from the activities of worm-infected windows hosts. Someone you correspond with got infected and the worm subsequently propagated itself by picking your name from their address book and inserting it into the from: header of the message carrying the worm. Then, badly configured MTAs send "helpful" NDRs to the "sender" informing them that they're messages couldn't be delivered Pretty routine, really. G
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