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Robin Cornelius wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> I've started to get a load of spam warning messages to one of my mail >> addresses. It seems that the 'catch-all' feature of Orange (nee >> Wanadoo/Freeserve) is allowing mail servers on the internet to send out >> delivery failed notifications to my e-mail address even though they >> didn't originate from me! >> >> > > Yea its called backscatter. I no longer run a catch all for this very > reason. Its amazing how much spam is directed at <random>@somedomain so > only allowing genuine usernames cuts out quite a bit. > > There is little you can do with backscatter, some spammer has found your > email address and is sending forged from headers. Then the stupid server > at the other end is believing the from header and trying to return the mail. > > I don't know what the real solution is. > > I've tried e-mailing the web masters to ask if they can turn the feature off. Not that it'll do any good I expect. I guess for now I could setup some Thunderbird filters. It isn't too bad as yet. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html