OT - my domain must have become a spammer's source

[Lokrin]

David G. Miller (aka DaveAtFraud) wrote:
> Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
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>> On Sun, 2005-08-28 at 11:13 +0700, Fajar Priyanto wrote:
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>> You do have to be careful with your analysis.  Sometimes the *last* one
>> is the spammer, preloading the headers by routing their mail through
>> their own, or other systems.  You don't want to complain to the spammer
>> about their spam.
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>> -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I 
>> read messages from the public lists.
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> At one time, SpamCop provided a service to parse spam e-mail headers and 
> anonymously contact the ultimate sender's ISP.  Not sure if SpamCop 
> still provides this service or even still exists.
> Their service was more useful back in the days when spammers didn't use 
> zombies since SpamCop also provided a RBL for those who wouldn't stop 
> spamming.  These days SpamCop can't blacklist someone like AOL so the 
> best thing that happens is the ISP blocks outbound port 25 traffic from 
> the zombie which just means the spammer moves to their next zombie.
> 
> I see a handful of these from time to time.  Nothing as severe as what 
> you're seeing.  Just bounces in my inbox of e-mails I didn't send.
> 
> Cheers,
> Dave
> 
Yeah, Spamcop still exists.  I also have several people using my domain name for 
sending their spam.  My ISP says that it is a common practice (email spoofing) 
and they won't punish me in any way for it.  I get about 500 bounces a day and 
just have them automatically rejected via spam assassin.