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Proving You Are Not a Spammer?

Posted by Cliff on from the smtp-from-header-validation dept.

tfinniga asks: "A spammer has recently started using my domain name as 'From:' addresses when sending out spam. I'm worried about my domain being blacklisted, and I'm annoyed by the bounces — I'm getting about 1000 bounce messages a day. Unfortunately, I give out a different email address to each site I visit: slashdot@example.com, paypal@example.com, amazon@example.com, etc., and the spammer is using a different address for each mail, so simple address filtering doesn't work. What is the best way of avoiding being put on a blacklist, and dealing with the flood of bounces?"

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  1. Your bad... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unfortunately, I give out a different email address to each site I visit: slashdot@example.com, paypal@example.com, amazon@example.com, etc., and the spammer is using a different address for each mail, so simple address filtering doesn't work.
    example.com was a bad choice for a domain name; a lot of spammers would probably use this.

    Also you're breaking RFC 2606.

    Let's just say this was your poor judgment and move on.
  2. Easy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is an easy one ... just send an email to everyone explaining the situation. And I just happen to have some mailing lists of people who opted-in to receive just this kind of notification, which I can provide to you at a very reasonable costs.

  3. It is easy if you live in Washington State by doug · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently if you are in Washington, all you have to do is sue yourself for being a spammer. The judge will chew you out for wasting the court's time, and then drop the charges without even opening the documents. Once the court has vindicated you, you can demonstrate to everyone how non-spammy you are. I don't think you'll even need a lawyer, although you may need some antacid after seeing the US judicial process up close and personal.

    If you don't live in Washington, I think you'll need to move there first.

    Good luck. Let us know how the trial goes.

    - doug
  4. Re:Make a CODE for the subject line:-) by finkployd · · Score: 3, Funny

    I tried this and it did not work. Perhaps "0EM Software" was not the best choice for a subject code though...

    Finkployd