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  • Naughty
    Confirmed User
    • Jul 2001
    • 6478
    #1

    Spammers use our emailaddress as the reply-to, any tips?

    Pretty fucked up. Thousands of daily undeliverable emails come into my account as they use our email as the return address. My cellphone datalimit goes fast this way.

    I doubt there's a lot one can do about it, yet I'm giving it a try.

    Is there any way to see where the email is being sent from?
    seks.ai for sale - ping me
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    • DamianJ
      Too lazy to set a custom title
      • Jul 2006
      • 15808
      #2
      There's nothing you can do.

      Set up a server side rule on your mail server to trash the bounces so it is killed before your phone even tries to download it.

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        • Naughty
          Confirmed User
          • Jul 2001
          • 6478
          #3
          Originally posted by DamianJ
          There's nothing you can do.

          Set up a server side rule on your mail server to trash the bounces so it is killed before your phone even tries to download it.
          Thanks Damian, Webair is on that as we speak;-)
          seks.ai for sale - ping me

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            • AdultEUhost
              ORLY?
              • Oct 2005
              • 2579
              #4
              There are a few things you can do with limited effect though.

              DKFilter
              DomainKeys
              SPF
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                • DamianJ
                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                  • Jul 2006
                  • 15808
                  #5
                  Originally posted by AdultEUhost
                  There are a few things you can do with limited effect though.

                  DKFilter
                  DomainKeys
                  SPF
                  Can you explain how any of those things would help in this particular case? I'd love to learn!

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                    • u-Bob
                      there's no $$$ in porn
                      • Jul 2005
                      • 33063
                      #6
                      Originally posted by DamianJ
                      Can you explain how any of those things would help in this particular case? I'd love to learn!
                      Basically, you can add the ip of your outgoing mail servers as a special record to the dns for your domain. That way, mail servers (that use SPF, domainkeys etc) can detect if someone else is pretending to be you and they won't accept (or bounce) those emails.

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                        • DamianJ
                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                          • Jul 2006
                          • 15808
                          #7
                          Originally posted by u-Bob
                          Basically, you can add the ip of your outgoing mail servers as a special record to the dns for your domain. That way, mail servers (that use SPF, domainkeys etc) can detect if someone else is pretending to be you and they won't accept (or bounce) those emails.
                          Oh right, obvious really.

                          I had the same problem as the OP a year or so ago, and couldn't think of a way round it. That makes sense. Thanks.

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                            • V_RocKs
                              Damn Right I Kiss Ass!
                              • Nov 2003
                              • 32448
                              #8
                              Shit sucks... Got me banned in many ways before.

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                                • AdultEUhost
                                  ORLY?
                                  • Oct 2005
                                  • 2579
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by DamianJ
                                  Oh right, obvious really.

                                  I had the same problem as the OP a year or so ago, and couldn't think of a way round it. That makes sense. Thanks.
                                  and you couldn't make the spam disappear with a simple magic trick?

                                  If the solutions work or not depends on the rest of the internet, but in my book it never hurts to set everything up.

                                  With SPF you add records to the DNS of your domain listing the server ips which are allowed to send emails for this domain. If the receiver has SPF setup his mail server will check the envelope-from domain and retrieves the list of authorized server ips from the DNS. If they match the email goes through, if not it depends on their config on what happens with the email (usually rejected)

                                  An addition to SPF is Sender ID

                                  The concept with DomainKeys is that the sender signs the message with a key, the receiving mail server fetches the public key from the DNS of that domain and verifies the message.

                                  SPF is widely used, DKIM not so much
                                  ICQ: 267-443-722 / leon [at] adulteuhost [dotcom]

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                                    • AnalProbe
                                      pain in the Ass
                                      • Jan 2004
                                      • 3727
                                      #10
                                      I've changed it to a different emailaddress now... better ?

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                                        • AdultEUhost
                                          ORLY?
                                          • Oct 2005
                                          • 2579
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by AnalProbe
                                          I've changed it to a different emailaddress now... better ?
                                          lol
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                                            • Phoenix
                                              BACON BACON BACON
                                              • Nov 2002
                                              • 35475
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by AnalProbe
                                              I've changed it to a different emailaddress now... better ?
                                              lolz....
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