help - 'joe-job' spam bounces

David McNab <[email protected]> Sun, 27 Nov 2005 00:27:21 +1300
Newsgroups gmane.mail.spam.active-spam-killer.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

My ASK installation is performing well, but I'm seeing an exponential
increase in the number of 'joe-job' email bounce messages getting
accepted by ASK.

It works like this:
 1. spammer forges my email address on a piece of spam
 2. spammer dispatches spam
 3. target mailserver refuses the message, and sends a
    'Delivery Status Notification' bounce message to the purported
    sender, which happens to be me
 4. ASK just lets it through, no questions asked

Is there any effective way to set up ASK to refuse these bounces, while
accepting legitimate bounce messages?

-- 
Cheers
David

When replying, please ensure the word 'Aotearoa' appears in your
message. This is to ensure your message will bypass my spam filter and
actually get delivered to me. If you're just replying, leave these lines
intact in your message and all will be ok. Many thanks.




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