[nflug] Forged mail header bounces up exponentially

[Richard Hubbard]

I'll throw in a "me too" to this.  It's been rotating through the users 
in my network. We're using Lotus Domino with Symantec (yes, I know) 
Anti-Spam.  It seems that symantec hasn't figured out how to scan these 
things yet.

Anyone know if spamasassin can stop these things?

Cyber Source wrote:
> Hey Erek,
>  Glad to hear I'm not the only one seeing this. Started seeing in like 
> 2 weeks ago. I had one client get like 1000 emails in one day, all 
> bounces from email servers and the like. This is a very good reason 
> why email admins should NOT allow this behavior, as it's now being 
> used as a round about way to send spam. Fortunately this stopped for 
> that client and I've seen it for some others, including my own.
> If anyone has a remedy, I'd love to hear it. Thanks, Peter
>
> Erek Dyskant wrote:
>> Howdy All,
>>     A whole lot of our customers are having their email addresses 
>> forged to
>> be used as from addresses in spam attacks.  As a result, we're getting
>> hammered with a truly amazing number of bounce messages.
>>     I've always seen this happen once a month or every other month, but
>> now I'm seeing it maybe once a day for a different customer.
>>     Are any of the mail admins here on the list experiencing similar
>> problems over the last few weeks, and if so, how are you addressing
>> them?
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Erek
>>
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