[nflug] Forged mail header bounces up exponentially

Darin Perusich Darin.Perusich at cognigencorp.com
Mon Apr 28 17:29:18 EDT 2008


I'd call that an ongoing issue ;-).

What MTA are you using? If you're using Postfix I can share the 
main.conf for my MX servers and internal relay servers.

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?

-- 
Darin Perusich
Unix Systems Administrator
Cognigen Corporation
395 Youngs Rd.
Williamsville, NY 14221
Phone: 716-633-3463
Email: darinper at cognigencorp.com


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