Domain was 2 years old, never lapsed. Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 1:38 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Barracuda = Source of SPAM?
A little more information might be in order... Did this domain exist before? Did it lapse and then get re-registered? I had this happen to me, a client wanted a domain, which I obtained for him, and set up his email addresses, which were instantly spammed. And, spammed by a huge array of spammers, PLUS some mail that appeared to be from businesses that legitemately send email to customers. He had gotten a domain which had just expired, and since his domain included his first name, email to his first name was already waiting to go. Did you have an MX record for the domain before you pointed it at the Barracuda? Frankly, someone out there IS searching for newly registered domains, and is passing those on to the spammers, but I have my doubts that it's Barracuda Networks. If it is, there's a big lawsuit waiting to happen. This idea could be tested... Anyone interested in seeing if this is just coincidence? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ <insert witty tagline here> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt Fankhauser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 1:08 PM Subject: [WISPA] Barracuda = Source of SPAM? >I currently host email for a few domains as well as my own. I use a > Barracuda SPAM firewall for my own domain but not the others. Anyways I > pointed an MX record for one of the domains to the Barracuda Spam > Firewall. > That domain was not getting any spam whatsoever because it was a newly > registered domain but I wanted it to be READY just in case. Anyways as > soon > as I did that the company that uses the domain's email started screaming > bloody murder because they said they were getting TONS of spam all the > sudden. Turns out I added the MX record for the Barracuda as a LOWER > priority and so it was not getting to filter every email that was coming > in. > > > > > So I started to wonder why the spam was even coming in at all when it > HADN'T > been before I added the domain to this Barracuda box. Does anyone else > here > besides me feel that Barracuda is intentionally causing spam to be sent > out > to its customers domains in order for the customers to see it in the > message > logs as more amounts of blocked spam that it was before the box was > added???? > > > > > > > > Kurt Fankhauser > WAVELINC > P.O. Box 126 > Bucyrus, OH 44820 > 419-562-6405 > www.wavelinc.com > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
