>It is. :) Thank you Scott I thought I was on the right track. Next I guess I need to setup the feedback loop so that I do not get black listed...thanks again!
Jim W. Bruner Network Admin. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of R. Scott Perry Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 6:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] AOL >1) Our Vice President started getting these about a week ago. As many >as 6 a day. So she asked me what was going on. I told her there was a >spammer using her email address in the from field and there was nothing >i could do about that other that block the AOL bounce messages. Am i >correct here in saying that? Here is the bounce... > > >****** 67.114.195.162 is not on my network nor is it my user****** >****** It appears to me that this user above 67.x.x.x is performing a >dictionary attack on AOL with my users email address as the >sender****** > >The original message was received at Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:37:47 -0500 >(EST) from adsl-67-114-195-162.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net [67.114.195.162] Since 67.114.195.162 isn't your IP, it isn't you causing the problem. >2) Then she replies back to me saying that she contacted AOL second >level support.... this is what they told her... > >They said we potentially have a port open and/or a worm/Trojan that is >allowing this. They said we should run a full virus scan on every >computer in the network to make sure they are clean. Either they are clueless, or your VP wasn't able to get the right information across to the support personnel. The E-mail didn't come from your network. >They also said you can go to postmaster.aol.com and set up a feedback >loop so you will be notified anytime anyone from our network sends >something into aol that they consider spam. They said it will create a >whitelist that will let you track the sender as well as being notified >of how often this is happening. That is correct. >Can someone confirm that my explanation to her is valid? It is. :) -Scott --- Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers since 2000. Declude Virus: Ultra reliable virus detection and the leader in mailserver vulnerability detection. Find out what you've been missing: Ask for a free 30-day evaluation. ---- This outgoing message is guaranteed to be authentic by Message Level users. Guarantee the authenticity of your email @ http://www.messagelevel.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
