On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 eximlearning@??? wrote:
>
> I get a lot of junk mail to my email address, me@???
> <mailto:me@mydomain.com>, with the header "From: me@???
> <mailto:me@mydomain.com>". Obviously the "From:" is spoofed, because I'm
> not sending the spam. The only way my server should except an email with
> the header "From:*@mydomain" should be if my authenticated MUA or a
> local script (my newsletter php program) sends it.
>
What does the 'From:...' of your email from exim-users look like?
(it should have your email address in it ;)
> There is no good reason I can think of that, another server should be
> sending me email "from" myself.
See above :)
> Is there a way to force Exim to deny
> these types of incoming junk emails at SMTP time? -- I assume this
> would be done with some form of ACL?
>
Yup, but it may cause problems with mailing lists, which is
why I never pursued it. I use a bunch of pre-DATA checks,
and spamd, which catch/block most of the spam I'd otherwise
get.
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Dave Lugo dlugo@??? LC Unit #260 TINLC
Have you hugged your firewall today? No spam, thanks.
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