Re: Messages forwarded automatically

[Rafael Angarita]

David Benfell wrote:

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 13:24:54 -0400, Rafael Angarita wrote:
 

  I'm having an strange problem with my qmail servers, some times our 
users get messages returned from remote servers that they haven't sent 
to (there is no virus in their systems, some of them are unix hosts).
  The headers indicate that the message is sent directly from the mail 
server but the destination address is not copied in the email, for 
example I got this returned mail but the original sender didn't sent 
message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (neither he knows this guy) and 
there is no forward or virus in his PC (it's a unix machine)

   

First, this is not a qmail problem.
 

   I'm not sure about this...

Second, this is a forged e-mail address problem.  Often these bounce
messages include the full headers of the message which bounced and
I'll just bet if you compare the IP addresses contained in the
Received From headers to your own, you'll find no match.
 

   Nop, there is no forged email address in this case, the headers are 
the same that the original email and the whole header is consistent. 
Qmail deliveries the message and a copy is delivered/forwarded to an 
additional email address, you receive the remote returned email if the 
remote email does not exist., and there is no fwd configured in the 
local account.

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Rafael Angarita
Administrador de Sistemas
Telcel Bellsouth
(+58212)(2009765)