Re: [exim] Out of Office and collateral spam

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Author: Michael Heydon
Date:  
To: Ian Eiloart
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Out of Office and collateral spam
Ian Eiloart wrote:
> I've seen several instances over the past few years where I've had to
> disable user accounts here because of backscatter. This isn't simply a
> theoretical problem.
>

Out of curiosity, what percentage (roughly) of this backscatter was
proper bounce messages and what percentage was OoO replies?

As I mentioned in an earlier message, I have had my address spoofed a
couple of times and the 2-3 OoO replies I recieved were buried amongst
several hundred bounces.

*Michael Heydon - IT Administrator *
michaelh@??? <mailto:michaelh@jaswin.com.au>