On Wednesday 30 August 2006 19:56, Theo Van Dinter wrote: > On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 08:41:37PM -0700, Rick Roe wrote: > > I get a lot of spam whose From addresses are users that don't exist on > > my system (random names like [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], etc). > > [...] > > > Am I missing something? > > Typically it's easiest (and standard) to simply not accept mail for > non-existant users in the first place. Is there a reason you've setup your > system that way?
The problem is that if ONE of the names is a real user, the mail has to be passed thru, and the MTA will do so. However, any mail with a totally bogus user as a CC name or just ONE of the recipients is a strong candidate for spam. The more recipients, the stronger the candidacy. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
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