Re: Spammers using a non-existant address as return-path
That is something that Ive always wanted to know, is how to turn verify off,
but alas, due to sheer laziness, I havent read up on it...
On Monday 25 November 2002 15:38, Kjetil Kjernsmo wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have just received a spam complaint, and unfortunately, some spammers
> have been using an address on one of my domains in their Return-Path
> and From-headers. How nice of them :-( . This address has never
> existed. I'm using the Exim packages from Woody.
>
> For quite some time, I have seen it show up in my server logs, I'm
> rotating them too often, I guess, and I don't remember exactly what I
> have seen long ago, but recently I have seen things like:
> 2002-11-15 01:48:08 verify failed for SMTP recipient
> denis6012563@skepsis.no from <> H=mta458.mail.yahoo.com
> [216.136.130.123]
>
> I allow VRFY, and most of these come from yahoo.com or hotmail.com, I
> guess that has to do with spam filters they use. This address is
> probably getting a lot of bounces, which is then bounced off my server,
> and I don't want to waste my resources with accepting those, all in all
> I want to conserve as much as I can.
>
> But, is there something I _should_ do in this situation, like including
> some text in the bounce saying that this address has never existed, and
> is being abused by spammers? If yes, _how_ should I do it?
>
> I hope this is the right forum to ask...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kjetil
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