Re: Problem with returned emails - I didnt send them!
- From: "Trust No OneŽ" <dana.scully@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 11:34:45 -0000
Wagg wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm getting returned emails, but I haven't sent them. Looking at the
> original emails, they're lal spam, and they're being returned to me as
> someone out there is using my domain to forward them. I've looked at
> the IP's on the original messages and they all originate in China,
> Taiwan, Brazil, Argentinia, USA, etc, they all appear different.
> Whereas if it was one or two emails it wouldnt be a problem, but I'm
> getting around 1000+ an hour now, and after 12 hours the mailbox is
> full, that I've taken to leaving the mail program open all night.
>
A number of us have been there :(
As other posters have pointed out it is probably nothing personal, a spammer
has selected your domain at random.
The best you can do is to tough it out and move on. Hopefully you can use
filtering to delete most of bounced messages. Most ISPs are aware of this
practice "joe-job" and will not usually not blacklist your domain or suspend
your account.
I had a similar problem with my current account and was forced to setup
rules to delete the bounces. They usually follow a predictable format.
Eventually the spammer will move on. It sucks big time I know.. but it
probably is not worth the effort in trying to track them down. A lot of the
ISPs in Korea and China are spammer friendly and simply ignore abuse
reports.
BTW it is has been alleged that posting to anti-spam newsgroups such as
news.admin.net-abuse.* increases your chances of being "joe-jobbed" by
spammers.
--
Peter <X-Files Fan>
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