Re: [exim] Problems mitigating joe job

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Author: Dave Lugo
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Problems mitigating joe job
On Fri, 19 Sep 2008, Mike Cardwell wrote:
>
> I had a user that used to get Joe Jobbed constantly, mainly because he
> has a catchall (I know). I configured BATV for him and he stopped
> getting the bounces. Then I told him to configure SPF on his domains and
> after a month or two the Joe Jobbers stopped using his domains
> altogether. I could probably turn off BATV for him now because of that,
> but it's doing no harm.
>


There is no guarantee that SPF will 'spoil the milk' for the
spammer. I know from experience at work.

(certainly worth a shot :)


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