coolguythampy
msg:3798363 | 5:41 pm on Dec 2, 2008 (gmt 0) |
I guess your server from which you send mails must have been black listed
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edzillion
msg:3798939 | 9:36 am on Dec 3, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Nope. I would have noticed that.
Anyone?
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kaled
msg:3799038 | 11:59 am on Dec 3, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Since the subject of the email sounds spammy, I'll assume you didn't send it, therefore it is simply the case that a scumbag spammer has placed your email address in the Return-Path: header of their spam. In the words of Tom Jones - It's not unusual. Kaled.
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edzillion
msg:3799108 | 2:12 pm on Dec 3, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Ok thanks. I didn't send it, so that sounds perfectly reasonable.
But is there anything I can do about it? Should I be worried?
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kaled
msg:3799300 | 5:48 pm on Dec 3, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Other than closing the "catchall" mailbox facility (if that is causing a problem) there's nothing you can do about it. Since there's nothing you can do about it, there's no point worrying about it. Kaled.
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bill
msg:3799649 | 2:14 am on Dec 4, 2008 (gmt 0) |
You could also look into setting up an SPF record for your domain. In that you would specify which servers were authorized to send mail on your behalf. The spam mail would fail that test and you could easily point that out to anyone who took issue. An SPF record can also figure into some e-mail filtering schemes, so it may be in your interest to set one up. It can't hurt.
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edzillion
msg:3800700 | 10:43 am on Dec 5, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Actually I had set up SPF records. I don't know the syntax but apparently it was previously set: Blah.com Only accept mail from the domain Blah.com But we were sending our mail through our ISP, so I have just got onto the hosts to update it to: Blah.com Only accept mail from the domain Blah.com and ISP.com I don't think this will solve the OP problem, but it should help getting past some mail filters etc. as you say.
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bill
msg:3801339 | 1:07 am on Dec 6, 2008 (gmt 0) |
Actually SPF records work in the opposite way. They state that the listed ISP, domain or IP is permitted to send mail on behalf of that domain. Any other mail sent by spammers would automatically fail that test. As stated, an SPF record can't stop them from sending the fake receipts, but your filters can more easily determine that they're illegitimate and send them straight to the dustbin.
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BradleyT
msg:3802827 | 8:27 pm on Dec 8, 2008 (gmt 0) |
I turned on catchall when I had a Yahoo store and was getting over 4,000 of these a day. Needless to say I quickly turned off the catchall account.
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