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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.