Re: [exim] Forged FROM

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Author: Alan Hicks
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Forged FROM
Hi Yan,

They take a while to implement, but you can let others know how you send
mail with DMARC, SPF and DKIM. When the spammers get reduced hits
they'll move onto someone else.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMARC
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DomainKeys_Identified_Mail

Regards,
Alan

On 28/07/2016 18:48, Yan Seiner wrote:
> Hi everyone:
>
> I'm not sure what, if anything can be done about my situation. One
> spambot is forging my email address and IP in their FROM headers, so my
> email server is getting hammered with bounces.
>
> I've checked and I'm not running an open relay, and the emails are not
> originating with me but the bounces are coming back from pretty much all
> over the world, sometimes several dozen per minute.
>
> I don't think there's anything I can do except ride this out but it's
> really starting to annoy me. Since I never see the original emails,
> only the bounces with the forged FROM info, I can't even figure out
> where this is coming from.
>
> Any ideas other than suck it up?
>
>
>