[access-uk] Re: Urgent Problem
- From: "Edward Green" <edward.green@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:36:18 +0100
Hi Tink,
Many thanks, that sounds like exactly what's happening.
I hope you're right, and that it subsides fairly quickly.
Thanks also to everyone else who replied on this.
Edward
----- Original Message -----
From: "Léonie Watson" <lw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 10:01 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Urgent Problem
> Edward,
>
> It sounds as though a spammer is using your domain as the reply
address
> for the bulk mail they are sending out.
>
> I've had this happen on my domain before. I own tink.co.uk and so
> receive all mail sent to anything@xxxxxxxxxxx What has happened to me once
> or twice in the past is that some toad of a spammer has put something like
> xyz@xxxxxxxxxx in the reply address field. This in itself wouldn't be too
> much of a pain, but the trouble sarts when any of those spam emails is
> delivered to an address that no longer exists and the mail bounces. When
> this happens, it will bounce back to the address in the reply field, EG
> xyz@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> It's a big pain in the rear, but should subside in a week or so when
the
> last of the bulk mail has been sent. The one saving grace is that spammers
> don't appear to use the same spoof reply address more than once in a row.
>
> HTH,
> Tink.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Edward Green" <edward.green@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 6:05 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Urgent Problem
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I apologise for the off-topic nature of this message, but I have no idea
> > what to do.
> >
> > I run a website and I think someone is spoofing email addresses at my
> > domain. The reason I think this is happening is because whenever I log
on
> I
> > have hundreds of messages saying that mail I've sent couldn't be
> delivered.
> > Needless to say, I haven't been sending any mail.
> >
> > I've tried to speak to the ISP (Freenetname) and they've effectively
said
> > they can do nothing. All the messages that were allegedly sent by me
have
> > email addresses of random letters and numbers@my domain.
> >
> > I have Norton Internet Security installed and up-to-date, and I have run
a
> > virus scan wish has given me the all clear.
> >
> > Any advice welcome.
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> >
> > ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:-
> > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ** and in the Subject line type
> > ** vacation ## d
> > ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days.
> > ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to
> > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
> >
> >
>
> ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:-
> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ** and in the Subject line type
> ** vacation ## d
> ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days.
> ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to
> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:-
** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
** and in the Subject line type
** vacation ## d
** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days.
** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to
** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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