[olug] DDOS attack on my Inbox. Spam "from me" being rejected

[Brady Cox]

Yeah, this has been going around.  A few weeks ago I had the same problem.

Basically someone is changing the "From: blah at blah.com" to your address.

There is no way to fight this, as it's stupid easy to do.

I'm surprised it took them this long to do it.

I just hope that we don't end up on some email blacklist because of it.

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Nick Hajek
<nhajek at meridian-technical.com> wrote:
> You've probably already done this, but make sure your server is not
> configured as an open relay.
>
> You might want to also set up a Sender Policy Framework record on your
> DNS server to help keep your legitimate out going mail from being tagged
> as spam because if it's source.
>
> Nick
>
> Jay Hannah wrote:
>> For the last week or so I've been getting about 600 bounced emails a
>> day from all over the Internet. Apparently I've had the glorious luck
>> that some spammer(s) have chosen to send their email From: "xxx yyyy"
>> <jay at jays.net>.
>>
>> This is a whole new universe of spam pain, that I have no idea how to
>> fight.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> j
>> collateral damage victim
>>     of tens of thousands of spam victims
>>
>>
>> Die, spammers. Die.
>>
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