-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Om 16:57 op woensdag 15 mei 2002, Jonathan Angliss:
> On Wednesday, May 15, 2002, Spike wrote... >> Spammers have a trick they now use, which works if they know the >> "name" of the default mail server of the ISP. They can send a >> message to "whatever"@"mailservername" and EVERYONE on the >> mailserver gets a message! The "whatever" can actually be >> anything they wish to type! This really sucks, but I don't know >> what can be done about it. this is not true. examine the headers from such messages and search for your emailadress. you'll find it. it's just not in the To: header. > A common one is "Undisclosed.Recipients@<server name>". I get about 7 of > those a day. I'm guessing depending on the mail server if you set it to > reject anything sent directly to the server name, it should drop those > mails. After all... why would legitimate contacts be sending email to > your server name, instead of your domain name? I'd have to experiment > with that one on my test network. 'undisclosed.recepients' is what you get with some mailers when you only bcc people. no worries there. on properly configured mailservers, mail to random@mailserver is bounced. no question about that. on an upnote; ask your ISP to implement the ORDB blacklist in the mailsystem (http://www.ordb.org/). mine has, and the amount of spam has drastically reduced. Mrten. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 6.5.8ckt7 iQA/AwUBPOKCvktQMadp+KslEQKGnQCfWWhEeG3bfIDNCoOtMlvy62wZKOsAoIrs MccE4FQ21aLxl/3zt2eCds+M =UYxx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.60k FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://bt.ritlabs.com
