[clue-tech] HELP!! Someone has hijacked my mailserver for spam

Angelo Bertolli angelo at freeshell.org
Thu Feb 24 09:31:51 MST 2005


Mike wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 11:36:56PM -0500, Angelo Bertolli wrote:
> 
>>
>>Mike wrote:
>>
>>
>>>What setting am i missing?  Is there anything I can do about this? I can
>>>post the headers of a message later if that will help.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>There is nothing you can do about someone else deciding to put your 
>>email address in the "From:" header on their own email server.  Nothing 
>>you can do about Return-Path either.
> 
> 
> This is what I thought. It looks like my only recourse is disabling this
> particular email address, which is okay since I'm running my own mail
> server. It still makes me angry, though. This can be likened to a form
> of identity theft. Thanks.
> 

Maybe it would make you feel better to know that the ones that you got 
bounced back are all the ones that didn't get through.  Well I guess it 
probably doesn't.





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