Re: [exim] Backscatter Spam Again. HELP PLEASE!

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Author: Grant Peel
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To: Matt, Exim Mailing List
Subject: Re: [exim] Backscatter Spam Again. HELP PLEASE!
Matt,

Yes, I am sure they original to addresses are fake. I can see them in the
logs.

-Grant

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt" <lm7812@???>
To: "Exim Mailing List" <exim-users@???>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: [exim] Backscatter Spam Again. HELP PLEASE!


>> No these are backscatter bounces.
>>
>> Non existent addresses on my server(s) are being sent SPAM with forged
>> remote 'From:' addresses. Then, those spams are being bounced to the
>> remote
>> address' (from my servers)!
>
> Are you sure these are non-existant email addresses? In the past I
> had an issue with an email user using this fancy feature called "spam
> bouncer". It would send a fake bounce to the sender thinking they
> would automatically remove his email from there list. I think Mail
> Washer has this feature.
>
> In the end with the help of users on this list I setup exim to refuse
> to relay these fake bounces.
>
> Matt
>
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