I'm a victim of a spammer!

bscott at ntisys.com bscott at ntisys.com
Thu May 1 22:09:14 EDT 2003


On 1 May 2003, at 2:16pm, jeff.macdonald at virtualbuilder.com wrote:
> It seems a spammer is using one of my addresses as a Return-Path. I'd like
> to send most of the mail to /dev/null but it is possible that others may
> be trying to send mail to me using that address. Is there a procmail rule
> that could identify bounces from non-bounces?

  Any DSN (Delivery Status Notification) should have a null Return-Path.  
But you'd filter legitimate DSNs that way, too.

> I recall someone else having this problem not long ago. What did you end
> up doing?

  I have been hit with this, and I know someone posted about it, too.  
There really isn't anything you can do, other than have a form letter ready
for the people who inevitably send you complaints.

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Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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