Craig, > There is something going on. We're seeing a ton of backscatter as > well. It seems that spammers are resorting to mass joe jobs, and > have been doing so for a couple of weeks. There were a couple of > posts over on the SA list recently saying that some people are seeing > this same thing in spite of publishing SPF records. So while SPF may > be a deterrent, it appears not to be much of one in this case. I'm > not quite sure what to do about it except wait for it to subside. > Anybody have any ideas? > There's an article on securityfocus about what's happening: > http://www.securityfocus.com/blogs/720
I doubt that publishing SPF has any significant effect on spammers' choice on hijacked domains, mainly because hardly any recipient is prepared to ditch incoming mail simply because it fails a SPF check. See also: http://marc.info/?l=amavis-user&m=120759635016508 http://marc.info/?l=postfix-users&m=120768702807595 Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list AMaViS-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/
